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Rubakin, Aleksandr.
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Description
- Gorod. Stikhi [The City. Verses]. Paris, 1920
8vo (235 x 148mm.), limited to 325 numbered copies (this copy is unnumbered), lithographed throughout, illustrations (11 full-page) and manuscript text by Goncharova, original printed typographic wrappers, uncut, one leaf torn without loss, wrappers slightly creased at edges, lower cover lightly browned
Literature
Hellyer 457; Ex-Libris 230; The Russian Avant-Garde Book 292
Catalogue Note
This was one of the last of the hand-lettered Cubo-Futurist books. The powerful images by Goncharova range from Neo-Primitivism to Futurism in style, and the artist makes full use of the contrast of dark and light.