Lot 444: MALEVICH, Kazimir (illustrator), and GURO, Elena, KHLEBNIKOV, Velimir, and KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei (authors). Troe . [The Three.] St. Petersburg: Zhurval, 1913. 4° (197 x 185mm). Printed on pale green paper. 4 illustrations by Malevich. (Light

MALEVICH, Kazimir (illustrator), and GURO, Elena, KHLEBNIKOV, Velimir, and KRUCHENYKH, Aleksei (authors). Troe. [The Three.] St. Petersburg: Zhurval, 1913. 4° (197 x 185mm). Printed on pale green paper. 4 illustrations by Malevich. (Light sunning in fore-margins, one page with short marginal tear.) Original lithographed wrappers, by Malevich (chips at spine ends and corners of lower cover, short tears, some soiling, covers probably strengthened at hinges). Provenance: Russian bookseller's price stamps.

FIRST EDITION. With covers and illustrations by Malevich; Kruchenikh contributes an essay on the influence of Futurist writings on language. Published as a celebration and in memory of Elena Guro, one of the earliest Russian Futurists. Hellyer 516; MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, 38.