Ukrainian Futurism 1914-1930: A Historical and Clinical Study by Ilnytzkyj, Oleh S - 1998

Cambridge, University: Harvard University Press, for the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Published in Cambridge, Massachusetts by the Ukrainian Research Institute, and distributed for them by Harvard University Press. This is a comprehensive monograph about the art historical movement, Ukrainian futurism, 1914-1930. xviii + 413 pp. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Creamy black cloth covers, with sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, not price-clipped. Several score black-and-white and full-color reproductions of important documents, announcements and art works. According to the dust jacket blurb, "From its inception just before World War I to its demise during the Stalinist repression of Ukrainian culture in the 1930s, Ukrainian Futurism was much maligned and poorly understood. It has remained so into the late 20th century. Professor Oleh Ilnytzkyj seeks to rectify the misinterpretations surrounding the Futurists and their leader Mykhall' Semenko." Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.