Auction 99 Part 1 Avant-Garde Art and Russian Literature from the Rachel and Joseph Brindt Collection
"The Bogeyman of Russian Literature", Anthology of Futurist Poetry – Moscow, 1923 – Cover by Natalja Nagorskaja, Illustrations by Ivan Kliun
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Sold for: $500
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Бука русской литературы, anthology of Futurist poetry. Moscow: ЦИТ, 1923.
Anthology of poetry by Futurist poetry by poets David Burliuk, Sergei, Rafalovich, Sergei Tret'iakov, and Tatiana Tolstaia.
Cover designed by
Natalia Nagorskaia (Наталья Нагорская; 1895-1983) and illustrations by
Ivan Kliun (Иван Васильевич Клюн; 1873-1943), painter, sculptor and art theoretician, a prominent artist of the Russian avant-garde.
44, [4] pages. Approx. 19 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Tears and minor open tears to margins of some leaves. Minor tears cover and spine, repaired in part. Some inscriptions on rear cover.
MoMA 462.
Ivan Kliun (1873-1943)
Ivan Kliun (1873-1943)