MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir Vladimirovich (1893-1930). Oblako v shtanakh. Tetraptikh [The Cloud in Trousers. A Tetraptich]. St Petersburg: Gramotnost Press [for Osip Brik] [1915].
The rare first edition. RBH and ABPC record only two other complete copies having been offered at auction. The poem was originally titled "The Thirteenth Apostle", but changed at the request of the censor. The text proved popular, with three further editions published by 1937. MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 112.
Octavo (169 x 130mm). (Occasional light marginal soiling.) Original orange printed wrappers (spine and one corner neatly repaired; upper side evenly faded; light wear and soiling). Provenance: Russian bookseller's stamps.
MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir Vladimirovich (1893-1930). Oblako v shtanakh. Tetraptikh [The Cloud in Trousers. A Tetraptich]. St Petersburg: Gramotnost Press [for Osip Brik] [1915].
The rare first edition. RBH and ABPC record only two other complete copies having been offered at auction. The poem was originally titled "The Thirteenth Apostle", but changed at the request of the censor. The text proved popular, with three further editions published by 1937. MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 112.
Octavo (169 x 130mm). (Occasional light marginal soiling.) Original orange printed wrappers (spine and one corner neatly repaired; upper side evenly faded; light wear and soiling). Provenance: Russian bookseller's stamps.
![MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir Vladimirovich (1893-1930). Oblako v shtanakh. Tetraptikh [The Cloud in Trousers. A Tetraptich]. St Petersburg: Gramotnost Press [for Osip Brik] [1915].](/lot-images/6171267/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_17162_0180_000(mayakovsky_vladimir_vladimirovich_oblako_v_shtanakh_tetraptikhthe_clou110917).jpg?maxwidth=3840)