KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei (1886-1968), and KLIUN, Ivan (1873-1943) and TERENT'EV, Igor (1892-1937), illustrators. Ironiada. [The Ironiad.] Moscow: for the author, 1930.
KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei (1886-1968), and KLIUN, Ivan (1873-1943) and TERENT'EV, Igor (1892-1937), illustrators. Ironiada. [The Ironiad.] Moscow: for the author, 1930.
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KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei (1886-1968), and KLIUN, Ivan (1873-1943) and TERENT'EV, Igor (1892-1937), illustrators. Ironiada. [The Ironiad.] Moscow: for the author, 1930.

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KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei (1886-1968), and KLIUN, Ivan (1873-1943) and TERENT'EV, Igor (1892-1937), illustrators. Ironiada. [The Ironiad.] Moscow: for the author, 1930.

A presentation copy of the first edition, inscribed by Kruchenykh, in Russian: 'To Boris Viktorovich Smirenskii. My lyrical poison! 1930'. Rare: the limitation on the title page states that just 250 copies were published; bibliographers vary on the exact number published, but the consensus suggests that only 150 copies were issued. This publication – one of Kruchenykh's last – echoes the raw, do-it-yourself aesthetic of earlier Futurist productions. MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 873 and p. 247.

Small oblong quarto (178 x 215mm). Complete with 19 leaves, lithographed throughout; one full-page reproduction after Terent'ev (small paper flaw in the margin of one leaf). Original pictorial wrappers, the upper cover with a design by Kliun (tear at spine fold; shallow creases; one edge of front wrapper lightly yellowed). Provenance: Aleksei Kruchenykh (presentation inscription to: ) – Boris Viktorovich Smirenskii (1900-1970, author; bookplate).
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