MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir Vladimirovich (1893-1930). Oblako v shtanakh. Tetraptikh [The Cloud in Trousers. A Tetraptich]. Moscow: ASIS [1918]. The second (first uncensored) edition. RBH and ABPC record no copy having been offered at auction. This edition restores the original text, which had been substantially censored for the first edition of 1915. In his introduction to the present edition, Mayakovsky writes that he considers this text a 'catechism for contemporary art', and gives his working tiles for each of the previously unnamed parts in his tetraptich: 'Down with your love', 'Down with your art', 'Down with your system', 'Down with your religion'. This copy bears a printed label pasted on the front cover, stating that the edition is uncensored; copies with and without this label are known, with no precedence established. MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 204. Octavo (180 x 135mm). (Minor marginal soiling.) Original tan wrappers printed in black, small printed label on the front cover as issued (spine ends chipped; some wear and soiling). Provenance : Russian bookseller's stamps.
MAYAKOVSKY, Vladimir Vladimirovich (1893-1930). Oblako v shtanakh. Tetraptikh [The Cloud in Trousers. A Tetraptich]. Moscow: ASIS [1918]. The second (first uncensored) edition. RBH and ABPC record no copy having been offered at auction. This edition restores the original text, which had been substantially censored for the first edition of 1915. In his introduction to the present edition, Mayakovsky writes that he considers this text a 'catechism for contemporary art', and gives his working tiles for each of the previously unnamed parts in his tetraptich: 'Down with your love', 'Down with your art', 'Down with your system', 'Down with your religion'. This copy bears a printed label pasted on the front cover, stating that the edition is uncensored; copies with and without this label are known, with no precedence established. MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 204. Octavo (180 x 135mm). (Minor marginal soiling.) Original tan wrappers printed in black, small printed label on the front cover as issued (spine ends chipped; some wear and soiling). Provenance : Russian bookseller's stamps.
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