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KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei Eliseevich (1886-1968) and Gus

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KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei Eliseevich (1886-1968) and Gustav Gustavovich KLUTSIS (1895-1938) (illustrator). 15 Let russkogo futurisma 1912-1927. Materiali i kommentarii [Fifteen Years of Russian Futurism from 1912 to 1927. Material and Commentary].
Moscow: Vserossiiskogo Soiuza Poetov, 1928. 68 pp. Small 8vo (163 x 130 mm). Illustrated with photogravures and line drawings. Original Constructivist tan wrappers designed by G. Klutsis. Condition: small rubber stamp and pen marks on back wrapper; indistinct inscription on title page. One of 1000 copies. important overview of this seminal russian avant-garde movenment. These articles on fifteen years of Russian Futurism include short autobiographies by Kruchenykh, Semyon Kirsanov and Sergei Tretyakov. Also included is a previously unpublished poem by Velemir Khlebnikov and a self-portrait. The other illustrations comprise portraits of the poets by Maria Sinyakova and Igor Terentev as well as a photomontage portrait of Khlebnikov by Klutsis.

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