Igra v Adu (Games in Hell) by V. Khlebnikov and A. Kruchenykh. St.Petersburg, Svet, late 1913. In-8 square, paperback, 40pp.
Second enlarged edition of Games in Hell, by A. Kruchenykh and V. Khlebnikov, illustrated with 5 lithographs by Malevich and 23 lithographs by Olga Rozanova, entirely hand-lithographed on strong yellow paper.
Two of Malevich's lithographs illustrate the cover: on the first plate, the Devil, signed and titled in the plate, on the second plate, the Devil hanging from a rope, two others in the text show the Devil standing, and the last one out of the text, Two Devils sawing a woman. 4 of the beautiful lithographs by Olga Rozanova are out of the text.
Some paper loss to the cover, spine and covers consolidated.
"The masterpiece of futurist publications is without a doubt, Les Jeux de l'Enfer" Valentine Marcadé.
The first edition was illustrated by Natalia Goncharova in 1912.
Karchan n°16, 17, 18, 19, 20, pages 111-115.
Russian Avant-Garde book, Moma, n°79, pages 80 and 81.
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