Auction 99 Part 1 Avant-Garde Art and Russian Literature from the Rachel and Joseph Brindt Collection
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![Рыкающий Парнас, Футуристы [Roaring Parnassus: Futurists]. [St. Petersburg]: Журавль, [1914]. Russian.
An](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/13_1.jpg "\"Roaring Parnassus\", Anthology of Futurist Poetry – St. Petersburg, 19")
![Рыкающий Парнас, Футуристы [Roaring Parnassus: Futurists]. [St. Petersburg]: Журавль, [1914]. Russian.
An](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/13_2.jpg "\"Roaring Parnassus\", Anthology of Futurist Poetry – St. Petersburg, 19")
![Рыкающий Парнас, Футуристы [Roaring Parnassus: Futurists]. [St. Petersburg]: Журавль, [1914]. Russian.
An](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/13_3.jpg "\"Roaring Parnassus\", Anthology of Futurist Poetry – St. Petersburg, 19")
![Рыкающий Парнас, Футуристы [Roaring Parnassus: Futurists]. [St. Petersburg]: Журавль, [1914]. Russian.
An](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/13_4.jpg "\"Roaring Parnassus\", Anthology of Futurist Poetry – St. Petersburg, 19")
![Рыкающий Парнас, Футуристы [Roaring Parnassus: Futurists]. [St. Petersburg]: Журавль, [1914]. Russian.
An](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/13_5.jpg "\"Roaring Parnassus\", Anthology of Futurist Poetry – St. Petersburg, 19")
Auction 99 Part 1 Avant-Garde Art and Russian Literature from the Rachel and Joseph Brindt Collection
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Рыкающий Парнас, Футуристы [Roaring Parnassus: Futurists]. [St. Petersburg]: Журавль, [1914]. Russian.
Anthology of poetry, opening with the Futurist manifesto "Go to Hell!" and including poems by members of the Futurist group "Hylaea", among them Vladimir Mayakovsky, Aleksei Kruchenykh, Elena Guro, Velimir Khlebnikov, and David Burliuk. Alongside the poems are printed illustrations by Pavel Filonov, David Burliuk, Vladimir Burliuk, Olga Rozanova, and Ivan Puni. The anthology was printed on papers of varying thicknesses and colors. Its cover was designed by
Ivan Puni (Иван Альбертович Пу́ни; 1892-1956).
Due to its provocative nature, and especially because of some of the illustrations printed in it, the Russian censorship banned the volume's distribution, and copies were confiscated immediately after printing. Only a few dozen or at most a few hundred copies were smuggled out of the printing house and distributed. Several of this anthology's illustrators were put on trial.
[2], 115, [3], 117-119, [3] pages, 22.5 cm. Good condition. Minor creases and stains. Minor creases and tears to edges of cover; open tears to spine.
MoMA 92.
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![Четыре птицы [Four Birds], a collection of Futurist poetry. Moscow: Изд-во К, 1916. Russian.
Collection of poems by](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/14_1.jpg "\"Four Birds\" – Collection of Futurist Poetry – Moscow, 1916 – Cover De")
![Четыре птицы [Four Birds], a collection of Futurist poetry. Moscow: Изд-во К, 1916. Russian.
Collection of poems by](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/14_2.jpg "\"Four Birds\" – Collection of Futurist Poetry – Moscow, 1916 – Cover De")
![Четыре птицы [Four Birds], a collection of Futurist poetry. Moscow: Изд-во К, 1916. Russian.
Collection of poems by](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/14_3.jpg "\"Four Birds\" – Collection of Futurist Poetry – Moscow, 1916 – Cover De")
Auction 99 Part 1 Avant-Garde Art and Russian Literature from the Rachel and Joseph Brindt Collection
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Четыре птицы [Four Birds], a collection of Futurist poetry. Moscow: Изд-во К, 1916. Russian.
Collection of poems by Futurist poets David Burliuk, Georgy Zolotukhin, Vasily Kamensky, and Viktor Khlebnikov.
Cover designed by
Aristarkh Lentulov (Аристáрх Васи́льевич Ленту́лов; 1882-1943), with a color plate (reproduction) and illustrations by
Georgy Zolotukhin (Гео́ргий Ива́нович Золоту́хин; 1886-1942).
96 pages. Approx. 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Stains and blemishes to cover; spine reinforced with tape.
MoMA 125.
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![Лира лиръ, Третья книга стиховъ [Lyre of Lyres, Third Book of Verse], a collection of poems by Sergei Bobrov. Moscow: Цент](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/15_1.jpg "\"Lyre of Lyres\", Poems by Sergei Bobrov – Moscow, 1917 – Avant-Garde C")
![Лира лиръ, Третья книга стиховъ [Lyre of Lyres, Third Book of Verse], a collection of poems by Sergei Bobrov. Moscow: Цент](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/15_2.jpg "\"Lyre of Lyres\", Poems by Sergei Bobrov – Moscow, 1917 – Avant-Garde C")
![Лира лиръ, Третья книга стиховъ [Lyre of Lyres, Third Book of Verse], a collection of poems by Sergei Bobrov. Moscow: Цент](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/15_3.jpg "\"Lyre of Lyres\", Poems by Sergei Bobrov – Moscow, 1917 – Avant-Garde C")
Auction 99 Part 1 Avant-Garde Art and Russian Literature from the Rachel and Joseph Brindt Collection
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Лира лиръ, Третья книга стиховъ [Lyre of Lyres, Third Book of Verse], a collection of poems by Sergei Bobrov. Moscow: Центрифуга, 1917. Russian.
The third poetry collection by Futurist poet Sergei Bobrov (Сергей Павлович Бобровъ; 1889-1971); with an avant-garde cover design and several illustrations.
The collection was published by Центрифуга ("Centrifuge"), a publishing house established by members of the Futurist art movement of the same name, whose members included Sergei Bobrov, Boris Pasternak, Nikolai Aseev, and others. The group was active ca. 1913-1917; books published by "Centrifuge" continued to appear for a few years after the group disbanded.
64, [8] pages. Approx. 23 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and minor wear. Traces of dampness to margins of all leaves. Blemishes and minor wear to cover and spine.
MoMA 145.
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![Девушки босиком, Стихи [Barefoot Girls: Verse], by Vasily Kamensky. Tbilisi: Прогресс, 1917 (Rear cover: 1916). Russian.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/16_1.jpg "\"Barefoot Girls\", Book of Poems by Vasily Kamensky – Tbilisi, 1917")
![Девушки босиком, Стихи [Barefoot Girls: Verse], by Vasily Kamensky. Tbilisi: Прогресс, 1917 (Rear cover: 1916). Russian.](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/16_2.jpg "\"Barefoot Girls\", Book of Poems by Vasily Kamensky – Tbilisi, 1917")
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Девушки босиком, Стихи [Barefoot Girls: Verse], by Vasily Kamensky. Tbilisi: Прогресс, 1917 (Rear cover: 1916). Russian.
The second book of poems by
Vasily Kamensky (Василий Васильевич Каменский; 1884-1961), Russian poet, playwright, and artist, a prominent figure of the Russian Futurist movement and a member of the Futurist poets' group "Hylaea", alongside his friends Vladimir Mayakovsky, Alexei Kruchenykh, Elena Guro, Velimir Khlebnikov, and David Burliuk.
A photographic portrait of Kamensky appears in the beginning of the volume.
144 pages. 19.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and creases. Minor tears to edges of cover (small open tear to one corner of back cover). Inscriptions and stamps.
MoMA 150.
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Lot 17 "The Portrait", Novella by Nikolai Gogol – Stuttgart, 1920 – Illustrations by Vasily Masyutin
![Das Bildnis, eine Novelle [The Portrait, a Novella], by Nikolai Gogol, translated into German by Alexander Eliasberg. St](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/17_1.jpg "\"The Portrait\", Novella by Nikolai Gogol – Stuttgart, 1920 – Illustrat")
![Das Bildnis, eine Novelle [The Portrait, a Novella], by Nikolai Gogol, translated into German by Alexander Eliasberg. St](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/17_2.jpg "\"The Portrait\", Novella by Nikolai Gogol – Stuttgart, 1920 – Illustrat")
![Das Bildnis, eine Novelle [The Portrait, a Novella], by Nikolai Gogol, translated into German by Alexander Eliasberg. St](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/17_3.jpg "\"The Portrait\", Novella by Nikolai Gogol – Stuttgart, 1920 – Illustrat")
![Das Bildnis, eine Novelle [The Portrait, a Novella], by Nikolai Gogol, translated into German by Alexander Eliasberg. St](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/17_4.jpg "\"The Portrait\", Novella by Nikolai Gogol – Stuttgart, 1920 – Illustrat")
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Das Bildnis, eine Novelle [The Portrait, a Novella], by Nikolai Gogol, translated into German by Alexander Eliasberg. Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, 1920. German.
German translation of the novella "The Portrait" by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1835 as part of the story collection "Arabesques" (Арабески) – the story of a young, talented and impoverished artist named Andrei Chartkov, who acquires a mysterious portrait that brings him wealth and paves his way into high society, but simultaneously corrupts his soul and leads to the destruction of his life.
Accompanied by numerous illustrations by
Vasily Masyutin (Василий Николаевич Масютин; 1884-1955). born in Riga, Masyutin studied art in Moscow and specialized in printmaking. From 1921 he lived in Berlin, where he engaged in painting and sculpture, and especially in graphic design and book illustration.
[4], 95, [1] pages. 24.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Blemishes and minor wear to edges of binding; tear along spine.
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![Зангези [Zangezi], by Velimir Khlebnikov (Велимир Хлебников; 1885-1922). Moscow: ОГЭС, 1922. Russian.
A](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/18.jpg "\"Zangezi\", a Futurist Poem by Velimir Khlebnikov – Moscow, 1922 – Cove")
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Зангези [Zangezi], by Velimir Khlebnikov (Велимир Хлебников; 1885-1922). Moscow: ОГЭС, 1922. Russian.
A dramatic poem on the figure of Zangezi, a modern prophet aspiring to convey his messages to the world. The work combines elements of fantasy and mythology with philosophical ideas and is characterized by rich and complex language including wordplay, linguistic innovations, and innovative syntax. The work, printed a few weeks after Khlebnikov's death, reflects his ideas about futuristic language and his unique vision for modern poetry and literature.
Lithographic cover designed by avant-garde artist
Pyotr Miturich (Пётр Васильевич Митурич; 1887-1956), Khlebnikov's friend, who assisted him in editing the texts and completing the work.
35 pages. 24 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Inscription in margin of first page. Tears to cover, restored with paper completions and adhesions.
MoMA 417.
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![Лирика, стихи [Lyrics, Poems]. Moscow: Неоклассики, 1922. Russian.
A collection of poems characterized by](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/19_1.jpg "\"Lyrika\" – Collection of Neo-Classical Poetry– Moscow, 1922 – Cover De")
![Лирика, стихи [Lyrics, Poems]. Moscow: Неоклассики, 1922. Russian.
A collection of poems characterized by](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/19_2.jpg "\"Lyrika\" – Collection of Neo-Classical Poetry– Moscow, 1922 – Cover De")
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Лирика, стихи [Lyrics, Poems]. Moscow: Неоклассики, 1922. Russian.
A collection of poems characterized by a neo-classical style, by various poets, including: Yekaterina Volchanetskaya, Mikhail Galperin, Vladimir Gilyarovsky, Georgy Deshkin, Nikolai Zakharov-Mensky, Oleg Leonidov, Nina Menukhina, Elizaveta Shvarzbakh-Molchanova, and others.
Cover designed by
Georgy Echeistov (Георгий Александрович Ечеи́стов; 1897-1946), Russian poet, designer, and painter, a representative of the Russian avant-garde.
30, [2] pages. 17.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, creases and wear. Two parts of the cover are detached from each other and from the body of the booklet; tears to edges of cover.
MoMA 378/379.
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Auction 99 Part 1 Avant-Garde Art and Russian Literature from the Rachel and Joseph Brindt Collection
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Принцесса Турандот – Театрально-трагическая китайская сказка в 5 актах [Princess Turandot – A Theatrical-Tragic Chinese Tale in 5 Acts], by Carlo Gozzi. Moscow-Petrograd (St. Petersburg): государственное издательство, 1923. Russian.
A volume commemorating the theatrical production of "Princess Turandot" by Carlo Gozzi; cover and lithographs by
Ignaty Nivinsky (Игна́тий Игна́тьевич Ниви́нский; 1881-1933). The volume includes the text of the play itself, introductory remarks to the production, lithographs and photographic prints of the actors and stage, musical and vocal scores.
This production, the last and most important in the life of director and actor Yevgeny Vakhtangov (Евге́ний Багратио́нович Вахта́нгов; 1883-1922), who was among the founders of the Habima Theater in Moscow, was staged by him in 1922 at the Moscow Art Theatre and is still considered a theatrical masterpiece. Later, the Moscow Art Theatre was named after Vakhtangov.
The set design for the show was prepared by Ignaty Nivinsky, a painter and designer whose stage designs left a mark on the Russian avant-garde movement. The volume includes lithographic plates, some of which present Nivinsky's set designs for the show.
222, [2] pages + [26] printed plates. 33.5 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Minor tears to margins of cover.
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![Сорок сороков, Диалектические поэмы ничевоком содеянные [A Multitude: Dialectical Poems Committed by a Nothingist], by Ryu](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/21_1.jpg "\"A Multitude\", Poems by Ryurik Rok – Moscow, 1923 – Cover Design by Bo")
![Сорок сороков, Диалектические поэмы ничевоком содеянные [A Multitude: Dialectical Poems Committed by a Nothingist], by Ryu](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/21_2.jpg "\"A Multitude\", Poems by Ryurik Rok – Moscow, 1923 – Cover Design by Bo")
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Сорок сороков, Диалектические поэмы ничевоком содеянные [A Multitude: Dialectical Poems Committed by a Nothingist], by Ryurik Rok (Рю́рик Ю́рьевич Ро́к). Moscow: Хобо, 1923. Russian.
A collection of poems by Ryurik Rok (pen name of Emil-Eduard Gering: Эмиль-Эдуард Максимилианович Геринг; 1898-1962). Ryurik Rok, a Russian poet and theater director, was a member of the literary group "Nichevoki" (Ничево́ки), which was active in Russia in the early 1920s. Similar to the European Dada movement, the movement was characterized by breaking literary and social norms, held poetry reading events and published manifestos and works that emphasized their opposition to prevailing conventions in poetry and art.
The cover was designed by
Boris Zemenkov (Борис Сергеевич Земенков; 1902-1963), artist and poet, also a member of the "Nichevoki" group.
The book's Russian title – "Sorok Sorokov" (= forty times forty) – Is a historical term referring to the multitude of churches in Moscow, and a figurative expression of abundance.
32 pages. 22.5 cm. Overall good condition. Tears and blemishes to cover, professionally restored.
MoMA 523.
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![Маяковская галлерея (те кого я никогда не видел) [Mayakovsky Gallery (Those I Have Never Seen)], by Vladimir Mayakovsky](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/22_1.jpg "\"Mayakovsky Gallery\", by Vladimir Mayakovsky – Moscow, 1923 – Illustra")
![Маяковская галлерея (те кого я никогда не видел) [Mayakovsky Gallery (Those I Have Never Seen)], by Vladimir Mayakovsky](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/22_2.jpg "\"Mayakovsky Gallery\", by Vladimir Mayakovsky – Moscow, 1923 – Illustra")
![Маяковская галлерея (те кого я никогда не видел) [Mayakovsky Gallery (Those I Have Never Seen)], by Vladimir Mayakovsky](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/22_3.jpg "\"Mayakovsky Gallery\", by Vladimir Mayakovsky – Moscow, 1923 – Illustra")
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Маяковская галлерея (те кого я никогда не видел) [Mayakovsky Gallery (Those I Have Never Seen)], by Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930). Moscow: Красная Новь, 1923. Russian.
Collection of satirical poems concerned with prominent politicians of the early 20th century: former president of France Raymond Poincaré, Benito Mussolini, British statesman and diplomat George Curzon, Polish statesman Józef Piłsudski, German industrialist Hugo Stinnes, American labor union leader Samuel Gompers, and Belgian politician Emile Vandervelde.
63 pages. 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and creases. Minor tears to several leaves and cover, some repaired with paper.
MoMA 483.
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![Грозный смех [A Menacing Laughter], poems and illustrations by Vladimir Mayakovsky. Moscow-Leningrad, Госсударственное Издате](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/23_1.jpg "\"A Menacing Laughter\", by Vladimir Mayakovsky – Moscow-Leningrad, 1932")
![Грозный смех [A Menacing Laughter], poems and illustrations by Vladimir Mayakovsky. Moscow-Leningrad, Госсударственное Издате](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale99/23_2.jpg "\"A Menacing Laughter\", by Vladimir Mayakovsky – Moscow-Leningrad, 1932")
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Грозный смех [A Menacing Laughter], poems and illustrations by Vladimir Mayakovsky. Moscow-Leningrad, Госсударственное Издательство Художественной Литературы, 1932. Russian.
The book includes poems and illustrations by Mayakovsky, created during his work on the "ROSTA Windows" (Окна РОСТА) posters. In the original cover. Book designed by Varvara Stepanova (Варвара Фёдоровна Степанова; 1894-1958), Russian artist, designer, and poet, one of the prominent figures in the Constructivist movement of the early 20th century in Russia. She was the wife of Alexander Rodchenko.
The posters of РОСТА (acronym for Российское телеграфное агентство – Russian Telegraph Agency) were a large-scale medium used by the authorities of Soviet Russia between 1919 and 1921 to spread propaganda during the Russian Civil War. Among the artists who created posters for ROSTA are Mayakovsky, Lebedev, Malevich, and many others.
Two copies. [1], 79, [1] page. 24 cm. Fair condition. Minor stains. Tears, including minor open tears to cover and a few pages, some of which are restored with paper. Creases and minor dampness damage. Some inscriptions. Stains, wear, tears and defects to cover and spine.
MoMA 1006-1010.
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Auction 99 Part 1 Avant-Garde Art and Russian Literature from the Rachel and Joseph Brindt Collection
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Two books of poems by Vladimir Mayakovsky (Влади́мир Влади́мирович Маяко́вский; 1893-1930), and a monograph printed after his death with reproductions of his works:
• Летающий пролетарий [The Flying Proletarian], a poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky. Moscow: Авиоиздательство и Авиохим, 1925. Russian. Cover designed by
Grigory Bershadsky (Григорий Соломонович Бершадский; 1895-1963).
64 pages. Approx. 23 cm. Fair condition. Brittle paper. Tears and wear to page edges. Cover detached and damaged. Enclosed is an additional original cover (with wide margins) in good condition, which was not used for binding.
MoMA 902.
• Без доклада не входить [No Admittance without being Announced], poems by Vladimir Mayakovsky (one of the last poetry collection published by Mayakovsky before his death). Moscow-Leningrad: Государственное издательство, 1930. Russian. Cover in constructivist design by
Sergei Senkin (Сергей Яковлевич Сенькин; 1894-1963), with a photomontage incorporating Mayakovsky's portrait.
110, [2] pages. 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear.
MoMA 902.
• Владимир Маяковский [Vladimir Mayakovsky], album commemorating Vladimir Mayakovsky's work. Editor: Vladimir Katanyan (Катаньян), introduction by Osip Brik (Брик). [Moscow]: Государственное издательство изобразительных искусств, [1932]. Russian. Book and cover designed by
Nikolai Denisovsky (Николай Фёдорович Денисовский; 1901-1981).
The album was printed two years after Mayakovsky's death, and includes, alongside text about his life and work, hundreds of reproductions created over the years. A portrait of Mayakovsky appears at the beginning of the album.
287 pages. 24.5 cm. Good condition. Handwritten dedication on title page. Inscriptions and stamps on back cover. Cover detached, slightly worn. Housed in original cardboard box, with tears and wear to edges and corners.
MoMA 988.
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