Lot 16A email save

BELYI, Andrei [Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev] (1880-193

Sign In to see what this sold for

c. 1918. Ink, crayon and pencil on ruled paper (360 x 450 mm). Framed. a fascinating diagrammatical sketch whereby Belyi limns the concept of intuition and free will in relation to the Anthroposophical teachings of Rudolf Steiner. It was in his later years that Belyi came under the influence of Anthroposophy and became a personal friend of Steiner's. Anthroposophy, as an offshoot of Theosophy, advocated for the theory and practice of nonlinear exposition, simultaneity, essentialism, and intuitive knowledge; devices that eventually helped usher in such modernist breakthroughs as sound poetry, abstract painting and formalist theories in Russia and elsewhere. A remarkable document from the author of Petersburg; one of the 20th century's most important novels that is often cited as an uncanny precursor to Joyce's Ulysses.

View Bloomsbury Auctions next auction.

Similar lots up for auction