Aleksei Kruchenykh

Vzorval [Explodity]. [St Petersburg: EUY, 1913]

Second edition, 8vo (181 x 125mm.), lithographed and rubber-stamped text, lithographed illustrations, original wrappers with lithograph on cover by Olga Rozanova, lithograph with red and yellow colouring, small tear to final leaf, wrappers slightly chipped, backstrip worn

Second edition of Kruchenykh's zaum poetry, exploring the semantics 👍of sound, considered a highlight of Futurist book production. This is arranged slightly differently from the first edition, with the pages being attached in more haphazard fashion, and with a new cover by Rozanova. The illustrations were supplied by Malevich, Rozanova, Kulbin and Goncharova.

LITERATURE:

The Russian Avant-Garde Book 55; Hellyer 257