Tsetlin Mikhail (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Zeitlin Publisher -Experiments- 1954/, pp. 396.

Cover, title-page, initials, headings, endpieces and the 2 full page woodcut illustrations by Natalia Goncharova, each printed in red and black. First edition. One of 150 copies, printed on Vieux Chine paper (this an unnumbered, out-of-series copy) of a total edition of 1150. In publisher's decorated wrappers. 69, (7) p. First edition of Mikhail Tsetlin's poems, with Natalia Goncharova's woodcut illustrations. This copy belonged to Goncharova's lifetime companion, Mikhail Larionov. Goncharova's red and black abstract illustrations (the small cover illustration, two full page plates and 25 smaller illustrations including decorated initials) reflect to her move away form the Russian Futurism while living in Western Europe, where she and Larionov moved in 1915, first to Switzerland and to France in 1918. Mikhail Osipovich Tsetlin was a Russian émigré author who moved to Paris in 1918 and later in 1940 to the United States. He was also a philanthropist and the founder of the literary magazines Okno (Paris, 1923) and Novy Zhurnal (New York, 1942). [Ref.: Compton, S. P.: Russian Avant-Garde Books, 191734. London: British Library, 1992. pp. 14 and 16; Hellyer, P. W.: A Catalogue of Russian Avant-Garde Books 19121934. London: The British Library, 1994. 517.; Getty, Russian Modernism 789. Not in MoMA.] . Mikhail Larionov's collection stamp on front cover. Foxing to wrappers and on some pages, effects mostly only the edges. Untrimmed. Overall in very good condition. In publisher's decorated wrappers First edition. One of 150 copies, printed on Vieux Chine paper (this an unnumbered, out-of-series copy) of a total edition of 1150. Cover, title-page, initials, headings, endpieces and the 2 full page woodcut illustrations by Natalia Goncharova, each printed in red and black. (illustrator).…

New York: Izdanie M. E. Tsetlin [Published by Maria Tsetlina], 1953. Second edition. 23,5 ? 15,5 cm. 398, [2] pp. Publisher's slate-blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, designed by Alexandra Pregel (née Avxentieva). A sweeping narrative history of "The Mighty Handful" or "The Mighty Five" (Moguchaia kuchka)-the influential 19th-century circle of Russian nationalist composers comprising Mily Balakirev, César Cui, Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Alexander Borodin-written by Mikhail Tsetlin (1851-1945), the prominent Russian émigré poet, literary critic, philanthropist, and founder of Novyi Zhurnal. Blending biographical rigor with compelling narrative prose, Tsetlin traces the group's origins under the ideological guidance of critic Vladimir Stasov and composer Mikhail Glinka, detailing the creation of landmark Russian operas like Boris Godunov, the composers' personal relationships, and the broader 19th-century musical renaissance. Published posthumously in New York by his widow, Maria Eduardovna Tsetlina, this expanded second edition features cover and binding typography designed by Russian émigré artist Alexandra Pregel (A. N. Pregel, 1894-1984). …