MALEVICH, Kazimir, ROZANOVA, Ol'ga, and BURLIUK, David (illustrators), and KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei (author). Stikhi V. Maiakovskogo. Vypyt. [The Poetry of V. Mayakovsky.] St. Petersburg: EUY, 1914. 8° (210 x 155mm). Frontispiece lithograph by Malevich. (Last two leaves with chips and tears in the margins). Original green paper covers, illustrated with a portrait after Rozanova (spine chipped and worn, some wear). Provenance: title stamp with Hebrew characters.
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MALEVICH, Kazimir, ROZANOVA, Ol'ga, and BURLIUK, David (illustrators), and KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei (author). Stikhi V. Maiakovskogo. Vypyt. [The Poetry of V. Mayakovsky.] St. Petersburg: EUY, 1914. 8° (210 x 155mm). Frontispiece lithograph by Malevich. (Last two leaves with chips and tears in the margins). Original green paper covers, illustrated with a portrait after Rozanova (spine chipped and worn, some wear). Provenance: title stamp with Hebrew characters.

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MALEVICH, Kazimir, ROZANOVA, Ol'ga, and BURLIUK, David (illustrators), and KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei (author). Stikhi V. Maiakovskogo. Vypyt. [The Poetry of V. Mayakovsky.] St. Petersburg: EUY, 1914. 8° (210 x 155mm). Frontispiece lithograph by Malevich. (Last two leaves with chips and tears in the margins). Original green paper covers, illustrated with a portrait after Rozanova (spine chipped and worn, some wear). Provenance: title stamp with Hebrew characters.

FIRST EDITION, COMPLETE WITH THE MALEVICH FRONTISPIECE. The first book published on the poetry of Mayakovsky. The poem 'Nate' with manuscript corrections in an unidentified hand. A more common variant of this work is found with a frontispiece by Rozanova. MoMA, The Russian Avant Garde Book, p.75.