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Burliuk, David, Nikolai Burliuk, Elena Guro, Velimir Khlebnikov, Aleksei Kruchenykh, Benedikt Livshits and Vladimir Mayakovsky.
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Description
- Sadok Sudei II [A Trap for Judges II]. [St Petersburg]: Zhuravl', 1913
4to (196 x 173mm.), [limited to 800 copies], printed on thick pale green paper, illustrations by David and Vladimir Burliuk, Natalia Goncharova, Elena Guro and Mikhail Larionov, later green paper wrappers, slight marginal browning and fading, lacking original decorative wallpaper wrappers
Literature
Hellyer 462 (both issues); Ex-Libris 39; The Russian Avant-Garde Book 53
Catalogue Note
The Union of Youth was formed in 1910 and held its first exhibition in St Petersburg. The first volume Sadok Sudei was published the same year and was intended to shock. It was printed on the reverse of household wallpaper and brought together contributors from both the Moscow and St Petersburg Avant-Garde movements, including the Hylaean and Rayist groups. This second volume was designed as a more aggressive sequel and includes a long Hylaean manifesto stating that their intent was to ignore current trends in rhyme and poetry and to create a new, expressive genre and style concentrating on personal freedom and verbal richness.