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"The Three", Anthology of Futurist Poetry and Prose – St. Petersburg, 1913 – Cover Design by Kazimir Malevich

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"The Three", Anthology of Futurist Poetry and Prose – St. Petersburg, 1913 – Cover Design by Kazimir Malevich

Трое [The Three], by Aleksei Kruchyonykh, Velimir Khlebnikov and Elena Guro. St. Petersburg: журавль (Zhuravl), [1913]. Russian. Cover design by Kazimir Malevich. [Printed in 500 copies].
Anthology of poetry and prose, printed in memory of the Futurist poet, writer and painter Elena Guro (Елена Гуро, 1877-1913). The anthology contains works by Guro and by futurist poets Aleksei Kruchyonykh and Velimir Khlebnikov, including the article "The New Ways of the Word", by Kruchyonykh, dealing with the "Zaum" – the new futurist language thought of by Kruchnykh and Khlebnikov.
The anthology also contains four plates, with reproductions of paintings by Kazimir Malevich. The lithographic cover was designed by Malevich.
96 pp, 19.5 cm. Greenish paper. Good condition. Minor blemishes. Loose gatherings. Detached cover, with stains and several small tears.


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Kazimir Malevich (1879-1935), an artist and theoretician of the Russian avant-garde. One of the pioneers of abstract art in the early 20th century. Malevich was born in Ukraine to a family of Polish origin, the eldest of fourteen siblings. In 1904, he travelled to Moscow to study art and took part in several of the projects that are most identified with the Russian avant-garde (including the design of the stage-set for the Futurist opera "Victory Over the Sun"). In 1915, he exhibited in the "Last Futurist Exhibition of Paintings 0.10" one of his iconic works – "The Black Square", which is considered one of the seminal works of modern art (Malevich painted four additional versions of the work in his lifetime). The work paved the way for the new style developed by Malevich, Suprematism, and introduced its major characteristics: using simple geometrical forms and a limited selection of colors. In years to come, Malevich's influence increased and in 1920, backed up by an enthusiastic circle of supporters, he took the place of Marc Chagall at the art school of Vitebsk. Due to political changes, in his final years Malevich was forced to alter his revolutionary style and adopt the model of socialist realism. He died in 1935, in poverty and far from the public's eye. 


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