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Sluchai III

Artist's Book
1994 (published)
Artist/Maker
Kharmsizdat (publisher)
Karasik, Mikhail (artist)
Place of origin
St Petersburg (Russia) (published)

The lithographed hand-written text is taken from 'Sluchai' ['Incidents'] by Daniil Kharms. Accompanying illustrations depict, on one side, a bending figure in a cap, smoking a pipe, printed on salmon pink paper, and on the reverse, silhouettes of cap-wearing, pipe-smoking figures, printed on grey paper.

Object details

Categories
Artists' Books
National Art Library
Object type
Artist's book
TitleSluchai III
Materials and techniques
Printed book, paper cardborad and ink
Paper
Cardboard
Ink
Printing
Brief description
'Sluchai III' by Mikhail Karasik, Kharmsizdat, St Petersburg, 1994
Physical description
Artist's book comprising 7 triangular paper-covered boards hinged together with cloth and folded fan-style to form a wedge. This may be read leaf by leaf or opened out into a segmented spread which is printed on each side with lithographed hand-written texts.

In a wedge-shaped slipcase of grey board featuring paper label printed with title.

Limited edition of 21 copies.
Dimensions
  • Height: 40cm
  • Width: 26cm
Gallery label
Mikhail Karasik (born 1953)
Daniil Kharms: Incidents III
St Petersburg: M.K. Publishers, 1994

'Incidents III' is Mikhail Karasik's third collection of surreal short stories by the Russian avant-garde poet, author and dramatist Daniil Kharms. The book can be arranged physically in different ways and read in any order. This may be a metaphor for the random quality of the narratives, which were Kharms's veiled comment on the absurdities of Soviet life.

Lithographs on paper over board, linen hinges
Texts compiled by Anna Gerasimova
Museum no. 38041994109668
Summary
The lithographed hand-written text is taken from 'Sluchai' ['Incidents'] by Daniil Kharms. Accompanying illustrations depict, on one side, a bending figure in a cap, smoking a pipe, printed on salmon pink paper, and on the reverse, silhouettes of cap-wearing, pipe-smoking figures, printed on grey paper.
Other number
X940155 - NAL Pressmark
Collection
National Art Library
Library number
38041994109668

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Record createdJuly 17, 2014
Record URL
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