Mayakovsky, Vladimir.

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Description

Groznyi smekh [Menacing laughter]. Moscow and Leningrad: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo, 1932

4to (240 x 202mm.), [limited to 3000 copies], illustrations by Mayakovsky, original printed boards, photo-montage endpapers and dust-jacket by Varvara Stepanova, library stamp on flyleaf and first leaf of text, front flyleaf slightly creased, dust-jacket slightly frayed and soiled at fore-edges, corners of boards slightly bumped

Literature

Hellyer 308; The Russian Avant-Garde Book 1006; Compton (1992), p.68

Catalogue Note

Designed by Varvara Stepanova, this collection of satirical verse and poster-like illustrations by Mayakovsky was part of the series Okno Satiry [Window of Satire] created for ROSTA (the Russian Telegraph Agency). The text is printed on a combination of half and whole leaves.