MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir Vladimirovich (1893-1930). Oblako v shtanakh. Tetraptikh . [The Cloud in Trousers. A Tetraptich]. St Petersburg: Gramotnost Press [for Osip Brik], [1915]. First edition. The poem was originally titled ‘The Thirteenth Apostle’, but changed at the request of the censor. The text proved popular, with three further editions published by 1937. MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book , 112. Octavo (169 x 130mm). (Occasional light marginal soiling). Original orange printed wrappers (spine and upper outer edge neatly repaired, light wear and soiling). Provenance : F. Vernel (inscription dated March 1916 to title) - ‘SV’ (monogram stamp on verso of front wrapper).
MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir Vladimirovich (1893-1930). Oblako v shtanakh. Tetraptikh . [The Cloud in Trousers. A Tetraptich]. St Petersburg: Gramotnost Press [for Osip Brik], [1915]. First edition. The poem was originally titled ‘The Thirteenth Apostle’, but changed at the request of the censor. The text proved popular, with three further editions published by 1937. MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book , 112. Octavo (169 x 130mm). (Occasional light marginal soiling). Original orange printed wrappers (spine and upper outer edge neatly repaired, light wear and soiling). Provenance : F. Vernel (inscription dated March 1916 to title) - ‘SV’ (monogram stamp on verso of front wrapper).
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