KRUCHENYKH, Aleksey (1886-1968), KHLEBNIKOV, Velimir (1885-1822), authors, and GONCHAROVA, Natalia (1881-1962), illustrator. Igra v adu. Poema. [A Game in Hell. Poem]. Superbly illustrated first edition – in the original wrappers. Printed in 300 copies, this is one of the best Russian avant-garde works born out of the collaboration between artists and authors influenced by French cubism and Italian futurism. It is a poetic narrative about a card game between devils and sinners in hell, surrounded by demons and torments. These are all masterfully portrayed in Natalia Goncharova’s potent lithographs, animated by Cubo-Futurism and expressionism. Getty Centre, Russian Modernism , p. 85. Octavo (185 x 145mm). With lithographed illustrations throughout (uniform slight age browning, the odd spot). In the original pictorial wrappers (upper joint cracked, detached at foot, lower wrapper soiled). Provenance: indistinct autograph (front pastedown) – indistinct stamp (lower wrapper).
KRUCHENYKH, Aleksey (1886-1968), KHLEBNIKOV, Velimir (1885-1822), authors, and GONCHAROVA, Natalia (1881-1962), illustrator. Igra v adu. Poema. [A Game in Hell. Poem]. Superbly illustrated first edition – in the original wrappers. Printed in 300 copies, this is one of the best Russian avant-garde works born out of the collaboration between artists and authors influenced by French cubism and Italian futurism. It is a poetic narrative about a card game between devils and sinners in hell, surrounded by demons and torments. These are all masterfully portrayed in Natalia Goncharova’s potent lithographs, animated by Cubo-Futurism and expressionism. Getty Centre, Russian Modernism , p. 85. Octavo (185 x 145mm). With lithographed illustrations throughout (uniform slight age browning, the odd spot). In the original pictorial wrappers (upper joint cracked, detached at foot, lower wrapper soiled). Provenance: indistinct autograph (front pastedown) – indistinct stamp (lower wrapper).
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