SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER

Sign up to receive regular updates, curated lists, catalogues, and information about fairs and events.

KUZMIN, Mikhail; SUDEIKIN, Sergey; FEOFILAKATOV, Nikolai.

Kuranty Lyubvi. [The Seasons of Love].

Stock Code
103878
Moscow, K-vo Skorpion, 1910
£650

A rare music score composed by Kuzmin (who was known predominantly as a poet) with the addition of wonderful illustrations by 'World of Art' members, Sudeikin and Feofilakatov.

Feofilakatov was strongly influenced by the drawings of Aubrey Beardsley and was even given the nickname 'The Moscow Beardsley'. He was a fervent admirer of Kuzmin's work and provided the artwork for the cover of Kuzmin's novel Wings, the first Russian homoerotic novel. Kuzmin and Sudeikin were in fact lovers and lived together with Sudeikin's wife, who threw Kuzmin out when she realised they were having an affair. He did, however, become friends and collaborate with Sudeikin's second wife, Vera de Bosset who in turn, ended up marrying Stravinsky.

ASK A QUESTION

Description

First edition; 4to (27.5 x 23.5 cm); text and music by Kuzmin, four phototype plates printed on strong wove paper, and four full-page illustrations, by N. Feofilaktov and S. Sudeikin, Сyrillic ownership inscription 'A. Artsikhovskiy' in pink ink to upper flyleaf; decorative coloured silk boards, silk frayed at spine and edges;

Bibliography

Kilgour 598.

Stock ID:103878

Buy another copy / Sell your copy

If you have a specific question about this book, please complete the form below.
For general enquires contact us
SUBMIT YOUR QUESTION

Contact us for more information

+44 (0)20 7493 0876