Melnikov: Solo Architect in a Mass Society

First edition. 276pp. Hardback in dust jacket. Name in small, neat handwriting to ffe. Jacket scuffed to spine ends and corners. *** Constantin Melnikov (1890-1974) was a wayward Russian architect and painter. His architectural work is all compressed into a single decade (1923-1933). In the 1930s, Melnikov refused to conform to the rising Stalinist architecture and withdrew from practice; he worked as a portraitist and teacher until the end of his life. Melnikov: Solo Architect in a Mass Society is a beautiful monograph of Melnikov’s architecure; lavishly illustrated throughout in b/w.