Burliuk.

1944. CONTAINING AN ORIGINAL SIGNED DRAWING [BURLIUK, David Davidovich]. Burliuk. Part I: Russia. In Collaboration with Nicholas Burliuk. Part II: Twenty Years in America. By Katherine S. Dreier. Foreword by Duncan Phillips. xvi, 182 pp., illustrated with 53 reproductions of Burliuk paintings selected by Marcel Duchamp and Katherine S. Dreier. 8vo, 265 x 185 mm., bound in the original red wrappers with black lettering, in a new red and black cloth folding box. New York: The Société Anonyme, 1944. The first monograph on Burliuk published outside of Russia and one of the most substantial publications by The Société Anonyme arts organization. This copy includes an elaborate full-page drawing in watercolour and crayon inscribed by Burliuk to Miriam Grubin in 1945. A key artist in the Russian Futurist movement, Burliuk moved to the United States after the Revolution. In 1923 he met Katherine Dreier, who was helpful in promoting his American career. Spine worn, lower front corner torn away.