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Russian Literature & Art
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New York, NY 10036-1902 ![]()
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BURLIUK, David (1882-1967), Sergei TRETYAKOV (1892-1937), Sergei RAFALOVICH and Tatyana TOLSTAYA-VECHORKA. Buka russkoi literatury [The Bogeyman of Russian Literature]. Moscow: [41?], 1923. 48 pp. 8vo (190 x 145 mm). Cover typography by Nagorskaia and constructivist lithographs by Klutsis and Kliun. Original wrappers printed in red and black. Condition: wrappers detached with tears at fold with slight loss and occasional soiling; internally leaves slightly toned at edges else clean. one of 2000 copies. Unique collection of tributes by Sergei Tretyakov, David Burliuk, T. Tolstaya and S. Rafalovich to the enormously influential and protean experimental Russian poet and theorist Aleksei Kruchenykh. Burliuk eventually settled in the United States, but Tretyakov was arrested and executed by the Soviets in 1937. MoMA 462.ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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