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Lot 140
  • 140

Shirokov, P.

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Shirokov, P.
  • V i vne. Poezy [Inside and Outside. Poetry]. St Petersburg: Petersburg Herald, 1913
  • Paper
8vo (245 x 164mm.), [limited to 175 copies], photographic portrait of Shirokov on upper cover, original pictorial wrappers, publisher’s advertisements on lower cover, wrappers slightly browned and restored at corners and backstrip 

Literature

Ex-Libris 239

Condition

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Catalogue Note

Shirokov’s collection of ego-futurist poems does not follow the path taken by his fellow Futurists towards radical experimentation with words and verse; instead his poems read more like a manifesto, denouncing the critics of the movement and generally encouraging and praising modern progress, although bemoaning the lack of it in poetry.