![FUTURISM – MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir, KANDINSKY, Vasilii, KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei, KHLEBNIKOV, Velimir, BURLIUK, David and Nikolai, and others. Poshchechina obshchestvennomu vkusu [A Slap in the Face of Public Taste: In Defence of Free Art. Verse, Prose, Essays]. Moscow: G.L. Kuz'min, 1912.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_17162_0136_000(futurism_mayakovsky_vladimir_kandinsky_vasilii_kruchenykh_aleksei_khle110203).jpg?w=1)
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FUTURISM – MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir, KANDINSKY, Vasilii, KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei, KHLEBNIKOV, Velimir, BURLIUK, David and Nikolai, and others. Poshchechina obshchestvennomu vkusu [A Slap in the Face of Public Taste: In Defence of Free Art. Verse, Prose, Essays]. Moscow: G.L. Kuz'min, 1912.
The first edition of this early Futurist book and iconoclastic manifesto, 'the first in a series of Futurist books of 1910-16 that produced an effect analogous to the succès de scandale of the exhibitions of the avant-garde painters' (MoMA, p.62). It also features one of Mayakovsky's earliest appearances in print. A Slap attacks popular authors like Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Blok and others, promoting a way of making art that is free of retrospection or sophistry, and that encourages neologisms and innovation. Kandinsky's prose vignettes were included without his consent; the artist later distanced himself from the movement. In keeping with the spirit of the title, the covers have a deliberately raw appearance, using coarse sack cloth. One of 600 copies only; RBH and ABPC record no copy having been offered at auction for more than ten years. MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 12.
Octavo (217 x 155mm). (Light marginal browning; occasional light wear or light soiling in the margings.) Original burlap over stiff boards, front cover printed in brown (rebacked and repaired; worn; pen marks).
The first edition of this early Futurist book and iconoclastic manifesto, 'the first in a series of Futurist books of 1910-16 that produced an effect analogous to the succès de scandale of the exhibitions of the avant-garde painters' (MoMA, p.62). It also features one of Mayakovsky's earliest appearances in print. A Slap attacks popular authors like Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Blok and others, promoting a way of making art that is free of retrospection or sophistry, and that encourages neologisms and innovation. Kandinsky's prose vignettes were included without his consent; the artist later distanced himself from the movement. In keeping with the spirit of the title, the covers have a deliberately raw appearance, using coarse sack cloth. One of 600 copies only; RBH and ABPC record no copy having been offered at auction for more than ten years. MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 12.
Octavo (217 x 155mm). (Light marginal browning; occasional light wear or light soiling in the margings.) Original burlap over stiff boards, front cover printed in brown (rebacked and repaired; worn; pen marks).
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