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TERENT’EV, Igor Gerasimovich (1892-1937). 17 Erundovykh orudii v knige opechatok net. [17 Nonsense
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TERENT’EV, Igor Gerasimovich (1892-1937). 17 Erundovykh orudii v knige opechatok net. [17 Nonsense Implements in a Book without Misprints.] Tbilisi: 41°, printed by the Press of the Union of Towns of the Georgian Republic, 1919. Small 4° (168 mm x 135 mm). 2 linocut illustrations by D. Gordeev after K. Zdanevich, typographic designs by Terent’ev, Zdanevich and Gordeev. Original printed wrappers by I. Zdanevich (minor soiling). Provenance: Igor Terent'ev (presentation inscription, dated 12 July 1919, to:) – Tatiana Kalashnikova – Nina Vasil'eva (1889-1979, poet).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY TERENT'EV, OF THE VERY RARE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THE 41° GROUP, the avant-garde movement founded by Aleksei Kruchenykh, Il’ia Zdanevich and Igor Terent’ev, dedicated to the advancement of 'transrational language' (zaum), and breaking away from traditional forms, even that of Pushkin. AE AND ABPC RECORD NO COPY AT AUCTION. MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 257; 41°, Modernism Inc., 41; Tarasenkov p.368.
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FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY TERENT'EV, OF THE VERY RARE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THE 41° GROUP, the avant-garde movement founded by Aleksei Kruchenykh, Il’ia Zdanevich and Igor Terent’ev, dedicated to the advancement of 'transrational language' (zaum), and breaking away from traditional forms, even that of Pushkin. AE AND ABPC RECORD NO COPY AT AUCTION. MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 257; 41°, Modernism Inc., 41; Tarasenkov p.368.
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TERENT’EV, Igor Gerasimovich (1892-1937). 17 Erundovykh orudii v knige opechatok net. [17 Nonsense Implements in a Book without Misprints.] Tbilisi: 41°, printed by the Press of the Union of Towns of the Georgian Republic, 1919. Small 4° (168 mm x 135 mm). 2 linocut illustrations by D. Gordeev after K. Zdanevich, typographic designs by Terent’ev, Zdanevich and Gordeev. Original printed wrappers by I. Zdanevich (minor soiling). Provenance: Igor Terent'ev (presentation inscription, dated 12 July 1919, to:) – Tatiana Kalashnikova – Nina Vasil'eva (1889-1979, poet).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY TERENT'EV, OF THE VERY RARE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THE 41° GROUP, the avant-garde movement founded by Aleksei Kruchenykh, Il’ia Zdanevich and Igor Terent’ev, dedicated to the advancement of 'transrational language' (zaum), and breaking away from traditional forms, even that of Pushkin. AE AND ABPC RECORD NO COPY AT AUCTION. MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 257; 41°, Modernism Inc., 41; Tarasenkov p.368.
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FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY TERENT'EV, OF THE VERY RARE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THE 41° GROUP, the avant-garde movement founded by Aleksei Kruchenykh, Il’ia Zdanevich and Igor Terent’ev, dedicated to the advancement of 'transrational language' (zaum), and breaking away from traditional forms, even that of Pushkin. AE AND ABPC RECORD NO COPY AT AUCTION. MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 257; 41°, Modernism Inc., 41; Tarasenkov p.368.
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