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Nusberg, Lev, 1937-

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Tits of the Motherland (Poems) by David Burliuk / Nussberg, Lev ; Nussberg, Dika ; Janecek G., 1982

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Identifier: CC-27571-28648
Scope and Contents

This handmade book was published to commemorate the 100th birthday of the poet, David Burliuk, "spiritual rebel and Russian futurist". The verses of Burliuk were collected by Constantin Kuzminsky, Gerald Janecek and Lev Nussberg. The book is divided into two parts: the first half consists of 90 collaged pages, of varying colored papers with Russian Poetry. The second half consists of Burliuk's poetry translated into English, replete with colored pencil drawings over the poetic texts. Several drawings refer to images in the Russian avant garde literatures e.g., a red diamond (Burliuk was a founder of the literary movement Jack of Diamonds), a constructivist coffin (of Malevich ?), a red devil much like the image on the cover of Trou. The poems and illustrations preponderantly deal with the female breast, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982