- 6
Guro, Elena, Velimir Khlebnikov and Aleksei Kruchenykh.
bidding is closed
Description
- Troe [The Three]. St Petersburg: Zhuravl', 1913
small 4to (200 x 186mm.), [limited to 500 copies], printed on pale green paper, lithographed cover design and 4 other illustrations by Malevich, original wrappers, slight marginal discolouration, joints worn, lower wrapper becoming detached
Literature
Hellyer 516; Ex-Libris 79; The Russian Avant-Garde Book 38
Catalogue Note
This work was published in memory of Elena Guro immediately after her death with a note from the publisher praising her work. One of the earliest of the Russian Futurists, her work was softer, less strident and radical in tone, still showing the influence of the earlier Impressionists. There are eighteen of her poems in this volume including “Finlandia” which shows elements of “zaum" language and which allowed Kruchenykh to include her with the Futurists. One of Kruchenykh’s own essays discusses the importance of Futurist writings for the development of language.