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A Game in Hell: A Poem (Igra v adu: Poema)

A work made of book with 26 lithographs and lithographed text in black on cream wove paper.

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  • A work made of book with 26 lithographs and lithographed text in black on cream wove paper.

Date:

1914

Artist:

Kazimir Malevich (Born Kyiv, formerly Russian Empire, now Ukraine, 1878-1935) and Ol’ga Rozanova (Russian, 1886–1918) written by Velimir Khlebnikov (Russian, 1885–1922) and Aleksei Kruchenykh (Russian, 1886–1968)
published by EUY (Russian, 20th century)

About this artwork

Books by progressive Russian artists and poets, made between the revolutions of 1905 and 1917, aimed to overthrow conventions of art and society simultaneously. Their makers believed that art and language needed to become immediate and real—part of everyday life—and as a result these Futurist books were willfully made with cheap materials, and appeared purposely unrefined, as if they were products of wild and primitive behavior.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Kasimir Malevich

Title

A Game in Hell: A Poem (Igra v adu: Poema)

Place

Russia (Artist's nationality:)

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1914

Medium

Book with 26 lithographs and lithographed text in black on cream wove paper

Dimensions

18.3 × 14 × 1.5 cm (7 1/4 × 5 9/16 × 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Director's Fund

Reference Number

2009.266

Extended information about this artwork

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