15 лет русского футуризма, 1912-1927 гг., материалы и комментарии [15 Years of Russian Futurism, 1912-1927, Materials and Comments], edited by Aleksei Kruchenykh. Moscow: Изд. Всероссийского союза поэтов, 1928. Russian.

The booklet describes the development of the Russian Futurist movement throughout its first 15 years, from 1912 to 1927, and includes manifestos, letters and various texts by the artists and poets who took part in the movement.

The booklet is an important source for studying the Russian Futurist movement and its influence on the art and culture of the early 20th century. Among the central figures represented in the booklet are Vladimir Mayakovsky, Velimir Khlebnikov, Aleksei Kruchenykh, Igor Terentiev, and Sergei Tretyakov.

The booklet includes portrait illustrations of Velimir Khlebnikov (self-portrait), Nikolai Aseev and Sergei Tretyakov (caricatures by Maria Sinyakova), Aleksei Kruchenykh (photomontage image by Gustav Klutsis), Igor Terentiev (self-portrait), Vladimir Kieshnitzky (portrait by Igor Terentiev), and others. Color cover designed by Gustav Klutsis.

67, [1] pages. Approx. 17 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Stains to cover; open tear to edge of spine.

MoMA 740.

Gustav Klutsis (Густав Клуцис; 1895-1938), born in Latvia, drafted into the Russian army in 1915 and arrived in Moscow in 1917. In subsequent years, he studied art under Kazimir Malevich and Antoine Pevsner, and at the state higher art and technical school "Vkhutemas". During the 1920s, he taught at "Vkhutemas", collaborated with the "LEF" group ("Left Front of the Arts") and was one of the founders of the "October" artists' association.

As a member of the Communist Party, Klutsis's works were mostly propagandistic in nature. Particularly memorable are the Communist propaganda posters he created with his wife, artist Valentina Kulagina, extensively using photomontage techniques, and considered pioneers of the field in the Soviet Union. Despite his absolute devotion to the Communist Party, Klutsis was murdered in 1938 during Stalin's Great Purge.