Blok Alexander 1880 1921 (5 results)

sewn PAPERBACK, very good, light wear and some light foxing on top foredge. BLOK, ALEXANDER. Oeuvres en prose: 1906-1921 / Alexandre Blok. Traduction, notes et postface de Jacques Michaut. Lausanne: Éditions l'Age d'homme, 1974, 551pp., . TEXT IN FRENCH.

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Bien. 1ª Edición. 110 p. ; 20x13 cms. 170 grs. Poesías rusas (A-305).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Small folio. Original decorative paper over boards, cloth spine, printed in red and black. Some modest wear; overall, a very good copy. Third edition of this extremely important, enigmatic Russian poem pertaining to the revolution, a work which resulted in Blok being ostracized by many of his contemporaries. The first edition consisted of 300 copies only, and the second edition is also rare (not in MOMA). MoMA 171. The long poem describes the march of twelve Bolshevik soldiers (likened to the Twelve Apostles of Christ) through the streets of revolutionary Petrograd, with a fierce winter blizzard raging around them. It exhibits "mood-creating sounds, polyphonic rhythms, and harsh, slangy language" (Encyclopedia Britannica).

Mishan Publishing Co. Editions d'art "La Cible., 1920. Goncharova, Natalia (1881-1962) and Mikhail Larionov [Russian Cubist Painter, (1881-1964) Khudojestvienoe izdatelstvo "Michen". The TWELVE AND THE SCYTHIANS. Dvenadtsat. Paris, Mishan Publishing Co. Editions d'art "La Cible., 1920. Khudojestvienoe izdatelstvo "Michen". [Art Editions "The Target"]. 13, rue Bonaparte. Paris. 1920. 8vo (24 x19,5 cm), (27) ff. : flexible printed card covers. This book contains the two most famous poems of Alexander Blok, One of Russia's most famous poets. Two plates by Gontcharova, six plates and a small illustration by Larionov, refined typography. Natalia Gontcharova (1881-1962) was one of the most famous artists of the Russian Avant-garde. Trained in Moscow where she met Larionov (1881-1964), he was to become her life companion. She contributed to a great number of important exhibitions and both Gontcharova and Larionov played a crucial role in the development of Russian art. They settled in Paris shortly before the present edition, became French citizens in 1938 and were married in 1955. Larionov exhibited his Rayonnist works at The Target exhibition in 1913 in Moscow. . The illustrations by Larionov showed his freedom in changing from one style to another within the same book as he liked to do in 1912-1913. Name chosen by the bookseller Jacques Povolozky for his publishing house. The most striking work of the symbolist poet Alexandre Block (1880-1921), the twelve red guards representing the new world. Printed by "Union", The most outstanding work of the poet ALEXANDRE BLOCK (1880-1921), were The TWELVE Red Guards and THE SCYTHIANS Both are poems announcing the revolution. The revolution led to the loss of Block's brother, a soldier in the red army. The illustrations by Larionov exibit his ability to change from one style to another within the same book as he liked to do in 1912-1913. The style of Goncharova is more conventional and more assured than her previous illustrations. Originally published by the éditions of d'art La Civile 1923 at the Union Printing House. Moscow. In good condition. Goncharova, Larionov. Centre Pompidou. Paris. 1995. $ 1,950 The most outstanding work of the poet ALEXANDRE BLOK (1880-1921), Another poem, The 12 Red Guards are comparative with the Les Scythes also a poem announcing the revolution. Blok lost his brother, a soldier, in the Red Army during these early years. "Blok expressed his opinions about the revolution by the enigmatic poem "The Twelve" (1918). The long poem exhibits "mood-creating sounds, polyphonic rhythms, and harsh, slangy language" (as the Encyclopædia Britannica termed it). It describes the march of twelve Bolshevik soldiers (likened to the Twelve Apostles of Christ) through the streets of revolutionary Petrograd, with a fierce winter blizzard raging around them. "The Twelve" alienated Blok from many of his intellectual readers (who accused him of lack of artistry), while the Bolsheviks scorned his former mysticism and aesceticism. Blok considered this poem to be his best work" AS QUOTED ON WIKIPEDIA.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Friedlander, I. [Isac] (1890 Mitau, Latvia - 1968 New York City) (illustrator). In Yiddish. 31 pages. 244 x 169 mm. WorldCat: Libraries worldwide that own item: 1. Dvenadstat (The Russian word for "Twelve") was first published in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg), in 1918 and, together with The Scythians, is the best and most famous work by symbolist poet Alexander Blok, one of Russia's greatest poets, who was also a publicist, playwright, translator and literary critic. The twelve red guards in this poem represent the new world and announce the revolution. The long poem exhibits mood-creating sounds, polyphonic rhythms, and it makes use of harsh slang. It describes the march of twelve Bolshevik soldiers, likened to Jesus' 12 Apostles, through the streets of revolutionary Petrograd, with a fierce winter blizzard raging around them. Many of Blok's former admirers were alienated by what they deemed its lack of artistry and his use of 1918 Petrograd's criminals' jargon and slang. The Bolsheviks, on the other hand, scorned him for his former mysticism and asceticism, and some were offended by the Christian motif. By 1921, Blok, became disillusioned with the Russian Revolution, had not written any poetry for three years, and was in failing health. The idealized mystical images presented in his first book established Blok as a major poet of the Russian Symbolism style. Blok's early verse is musical, but he later sought to introduce daring rhythmic patterns and uneven beats into his poetry. Poetical inspiration was natural for him, often producing unforgettable, otherworldly images out of the most banal surroundings and trivial events. During the 1910s, Blok was admired greatly by literary colleagues, and his influence on younger poets was unsurpassed. Anna Akhmatova, Marina Tsvetaeva, Boris Pasternak, and Vladimir Nabokov wrote important verse tributes to Blok. The striking illustrations of this edition are by Isac Friedlander. Born in 1890 in Mitau, Latvia, Isac Friedlander, an outspoken opponent of Czarist rule, was arrested and sentenced to death at age 16. He was saved both by good fortune and his formidable natural artistic talent, and was released in 1910. His mother sold her jewelry and sent him to Italy, where Friedlander received his only formal art training at the Academy of Rome. Following the overthrow of the Romanov dynasty, Friedlander returned to Latvia and taught painting and printmaking until 1929, when he embarked for America, where he embraced the plight of the millions cast down by the Great Depression, portraying their hardscrabble existence and suffering in his prints. During that period, Friedlander continued to follow the rise of authoritarian states in Europe and the plight of his people. In the period leading up to and during the Second World War, Friedlander earned lasting fame when he created etchings and woodcuts that documented the reports of suffering and persecution inflicted upon the conquered peoples throughout Nazi-dominated Europe. Throughout his career in America, Friedlander also turned his printmaking skills to commercial art and illustration. He died in New York.