Aksenov, Ivan.

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Description

Pikasso i okrestnosti [Picasso and environs]. Moscow: Tsentrifuga, 1917

4to (260 x 195mm.), [limited to 1000 copies], 12 plates reproducing work by Picasso, original wrappers with large pictorial label by Alexandra Exter, occasional light staining, wrappers slightly rubbed and repaired at corners and backstrip

Literature

Hellyer 4; Ex-Libris 1; The Russian Avant-Garde Book 148

Catalogue Note

The striking Cubist cover design by Alexandra Exter mirrors the content of this important work which is an early theoretical treatise on Cubism and its aesthetics. It is only in the appendix that Aksenov looks closely at Picasso’s actual work.