Yesterday's Sandwich [2006]

Yesterday's Sandwich by Boris Mikhailov [2006]

We have one copy of each edition: the very rare 2006 first printing with Phaidon 'info-sheet' sealed in the package, and one 2009 identical book without the sheet. Both are new in Publisher's Shrinkwrap, but the 2006 has a tiny bump on the bottom edge of the slipcase.

Hardcover; 124 pages
Phaidon Press
5.3 pounds; 9.38 x 1.5 x 13.63 inches
2006 isbn: 0714846368
2009 isbn: 0714848565

A uniquely collectable book of Mikhailov's work, this is a collection of 52 color tableaux printed on separate unbound cards and enclosed within a specially created folder and slipcase. Previously unpublished due to artistic censorship imposed by the USSR, these images are of an extrordianry double world of Soviet drudgery and sex and beauty, created by one of the most influential artists from the former Soviet Union.

- Previously unpublished due to artistic restrictions imposed during the Communist era, this is a unique and highly collectible object, formed of 52 colour tableaux printed on separate unbound boards and enclosed within a specially created folder and slip case

- Yesterday's Sandwich embodies Mikhailov's role as artist, documentary photographer and social observer demonstrating his rich imagination and practical solutions for survival in an unstable society