Kruchenykh, Aleksei and Ivan Kliun, illustrator.

[AVANT-GARDE – RUSSIAN FUTURISM] Sdvigologiia russkogo stikha: traktat obizhal'nyi [The shiftology in Russian verse: a provocative tract]. MAF, Seriia teorii [Theory series], no. 2.

Moscow: Moskovskaia Assotsiatsiia Futuristov, 1922 (cover date 1923). Octavo (18.5 × 14 cm). Original printed wrappers; 46 pp. Decorative title and two Suprematist woodcut illustrations by Ivan Kliun. Wrappers toned, with chipping and fraying to spine and a few nicks to edges; else good or better. Item #54881

First edition of this programmatic essay by the Russian Futurist poet, one of the pioneers of "zaum", or trans-rational language, along with Velimir Khlebnikov. Published as no. 2 of the Moscow Futurist Association (MAF)'s theoretical series (Seriia teorii). With two illustrations by Ivan Kliun (1873–1943), the Russian avant-garde artist influenced by Suprematist and Constructivist tendencies.

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