![FUTURISM – KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei, ROZANOVA, Ol'ga, BURLIUK, David, MAYAKOVKSY, Vladimir, and others. Futuristy. Rykaiushchii parnas. [Futurists. Roaring Parnassus.] St Petersburg: Zhurval, 1914.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_17162_0141_001(futurism_kruchenykh_aleksei_rozanova_olga_burliuk_david_mayakovksy_vla110254).jpg?w=1)
![FUTURISM – KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei, ROZANOVA, Ol'ga, BURLIUK, David, MAYAKOVKSY, Vladimir, and others. Futuristy. Rykaiushchii parnas. [Futurists. Roaring Parnassus.] St Petersburg: Zhurval, 1914.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_17162_0141_002(futurism_kruchenykh_aleksei_rozanova_olga_burliuk_david_mayakovksy_vla093954).jpg?w=1)
![FUTURISM – KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei, ROZANOVA, Ol'ga, BURLIUK, David, MAYAKOVKSY, Vladimir, and others. Futuristy. Rykaiushchii parnas. [Futurists. Roaring Parnassus.] St Petersburg: Zhurval, 1914.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_17162_0141_000(futurism_kruchenykh_aleksei_rozanova_olga_burliuk_david_mayakovksy_vla110245).jpg?w=1)
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FUTURISM – KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei, ROZANOVA, Ol'ga, BURLIUK, David, MAYAKOVKSY, Vladimir, and others. Futuristy. Rykaiushchii parnas. [Futurists. Roaring Parnassus.] St Petersburg: Zhurval, 1914.
The first edition. This ground-breaking collection opens with the notorious Futurist manifesto with a title instructing the reader to 'Go to hell!'. In his memoirs Benedikt Livshits records that some of Filonov and Burliuk's illustrations were deemed indecent, and that the publication was confiscated and suppressed as soon as it was printed; it is rumored that only about a dozen copies were spirited out of the printing house (cf. Markov, Russian Futurism, pp.168-172), but the number is probably higher. RBH and ABPC record no copy having been offered at auction since 2008. MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 92 & p.71.
Quarto (224 x 169mm). Printed throughout on papers of various weight and colour, partly unopened; illustrations throughout by Vladimir and David Burliuk, Rozanova, Ivan Puni, and others (occasional light marginal wear). Original illustrated wrappers by Ivan Puni (spine chipped and with a small repair; light soiling; light wear). Provenance: Russian bookseller's stamp on the rear cover.
The first edition. This ground-breaking collection opens with the notorious Futurist manifesto with a title instructing the reader to 'Go to hell!'. In his memoirs Benedikt Livshits records that some of Filonov and Burliuk's illustrations were deemed indecent, and that the publication was confiscated and suppressed as soon as it was printed; it is rumored that only about a dozen copies were spirited out of the printing house (cf. Markov, Russian Futurism, pp.168-172), but the number is probably higher. RBH and ABPC record no copy having been offered at auction since 2008. MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 92 & p.71.
Quarto (224 x 169mm). Printed throughout on papers of various weight and colour, partly unopened; illustrations throughout by Vladimir and David Burliuk, Rozanova, Ivan Puni, and others (occasional light marginal wear). Original illustrated wrappers by Ivan Puni (spine chipped and with a small repair; light soiling; light wear). Provenance: Russian bookseller's stamp on the rear cover.
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