Lot 39
  • 39

Mariengof, Anatolii.

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Description

  • Ruki galstukom [Arms like a necktie]. Moscow: Imazhinisty, 1920
folio (347 x 267mm.), lithographed throughout, illustrations by Georgi Yakulov, original lithographed wrappers, wrappers slightly soiled

Provenance

inscribed by the author on verso of title-page, with a verse, dated January [19]21:

"Some people like the waltz,
Others like the polka,
Some people love everybody,
While others like only one.

That's how it is, Fanny."

Literature

Hellyer 379; The Russian Avant-Garde Book 294

Catalogue Note

Mariengof was a member of the Imaginist group along with Shershenevich and Kusikov, whose manifesto was published in 1919.