Lot 51: Guro, Elena, Velimir Khlebnikov and Aleksei Kruchenykh. , Troe [The Three]. St Petersburg : Zhuravl', 1913

Name: Guro, Elena, Velimir Khlebnikov and Aleksei Kruchenykh. , Troe [The Three]. St Petersburg : Zhuravl', 1913
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: lqz3bgzdfe

Est: £3,000 GBP - £5,000 GBP

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJune 11, 2007

Item Overview

Description

4to (200 x 186mm.), [limited to 500 copies], printed on pale green paper, lithographed cover design and 4 other illustrations by Kasimir Malevich, original wrappers, wrappers repaired at corners and backstrip

Artist or Maker

Elena Genrichovna Guro

Literature

Hellyer 516; The Russian Avant-Garde Book 38

Notes

ST PETERSBURG
A landmark in the history of Futurism and in twentieth-century book illustration. The word zaumnoe (transrational) is coined here in Elena Guro's poem ?Finlandia?. This work is dedicated to the memory of Guro, who was the wife of the publisher Mikhail Matyushin.

Auction Details

Russian Books, Maps and Photographs

Sotheby's

June 11, 2007, 12:00 PM EST

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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