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“Spasi nozhnitsy rezhut”
by Alexei Kruchenykh

From The Artist’s Book:

Mirskontsa (Worldbackwards)

Velimir Khlebnikov (Russian, 1885–1922), poetry

Alexei Kruchenykh (Russian, 1886–1969), poetry

Natalia Goncharova (Russian, 1881–1962), cover

Mikhail Larionov (Russian, 1881–1964), lithography

Nikolai Rogovin (Russian, active 1910s), lithography

Vladimir Tatlin (Russian, 1885–1953), lithography

Moscow, 1912

The Getty Research Institute, 88-B27486


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Translation by Antanina Sergieff

Poem performed by Vladimir Paperny

Read More About This Poem In:

Explodity: Sound, Image, and Word in Russian Futurist Book Art

Nancy Perloff

Getty Publications, Los Angeles, 2016


Poem discussed on pages 92–94      Buy the book >

“Nash kochen’”
by Velimir Khlebnikov

From The Artist’s Book:

Mirskontsa (Worldbackwards)

Velimir Khlebnikov (Russian, 1885–1922), poetry

Alexei Kruchenykh (Russian, 1886–1969), poetry

Natalia Goncharova (Russian, 1881–1962), cover

Mikhail Larionov (Russian, 1881–1964), lithography

Nikolai Rogovin (Russian, active 1910s), lithography

Vladimir Tatlin (Russian, 1885–1953), lithography

Moscow, 1912

The Getty Research Institute, 88-B27486


View full digitized book

Translation by Paul Schmidt

Poem performed by Vladimir Paperny

Read More About This Poem In:

Explodity: Sound, Image, and Word in Russian Futurist Book Art

Nancy Perloff

Getty Publications, Los Angeles, 2016


Poem discussed on pages 92, 98–100, and 130      Buy the book >

“Akhmet”
by Alexei Kruchenykh

From The Artist’s Book:

Mirskontsa (Worldbackwards)

Velimir Khlebnikov (Russian, 1885–1922), poetry

Alexei Kruchenykh (Russian, 1886–1969), poetry

Natalia Goncharova (Russian, 1881–1962), cover

Mikhail Larionov (Russian, 1881–1964), lithography

Nikolai Rogovin (Russian, active 1910s), lithography

Vladimir Tatlin (Russian, 1885–1953), lithography

Moscow, 1912

The Getty Research Institute, 88-B27486


View full digitized book

Translation by Allison Pultz and Gerald Janecek

Poem performed by Vladimir Paperny

Read More About This Poem In:

Explodity: Sound, Image, and Word in Russian Futurist Book Art

Nancy Perloff

Getty Publications, Los Angeles, 2016


Poem discussed on pages 101–9      Buy the book >

Portrait of Akhmet
by Mikhail Larionov

From The Artist’s Book:

Mirskontsa (Worldbackwards)

Velimir Khlebnikov (Russian, 1885–1922), poetry

Alexei Kruchenykh (Russian, 1886–1969), poetry

Natalia Goncharova (Russian, 1881–1962), cover

Mikhail Larionov (Russian, 1881–1964), lithography

Nikolai Rogovin (Russian, active 1910s), lithography

Vladimir Tatlin (Russian, 1885–1953), lithography

Moscow, 1912

The Getty Research Institute, 88-B27486


View full digitized book

This portrait of Akhmet accompanies the poem, “Akhmet,” on the preceding page.

Read More About This Poem In:

Explodity: Sound, Image, and Word in Russian Futurist Book Art

Nancy Perloff

Getty Publications, Los Angeles, 2016


Poem discussed on pages 101–9      Buy the book >