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Tango with cows : translation, facsimile, and commentary

Title

Tango with cows : translation, facsimile, and commentary / poems by Vasily Kamensky ; drawings by Vladimir and David Burliuk ; translation and commentary by Eugene Ostashevsky ; typographic recreation and commentary by Daniel Mellis ; foreword by Johanna Drucker.

Publication

Chicago : Editions 42°, [2022]
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Description

1 box : color illustrations, facsimiles, portraits; 59 x 53 x 9 cm

Summary

"Tango with Cows: Translation, Facsimile, and Commentary--a collaboration between Daniel Mellis and Eugene Ostashevsky and published by Editions 42°--is an attempt to give the English speaker access to not only the language of the original, but also its typography, design, and materiality. Every detail has been analyzed and recreated as closely as possible, from the color and texture of the wallpaper to the slight imperfections of its printed letterforms. A facsimile of the original held by the Getty Research Institute and an extensive commentary volume with a portfolio of facsimiles completes the edition."--Tango with Cows website.
A deluxe facsimile edition of the Russian artist's book 'Tango with cows' with poetry by Vasily Kamensky and illustrations by David and Vladimir Burliuk. The portfolio edition contains a facsimile of the book, a translation and an analysis of Kamensky's poetry, a scholarly commentary by Eugene Ostashevsky which includes a biography of Kamensky, facsimiles of poetry by Stéphane Mallarmé and Blaise Cendrars, and contextualizing essays by Johanna Drucker and Daniel Mellis.

Alternative Title

Танго с коровами
Tango s korovami

Subject

Genre/Form

Visual poetry.
Facsimiles (reproductions)
Avant-garde books.
Screen prints.
Limitation statements.

Note

Title page also in Russian.
Produced in a numbered edition of 375, with an additional 26 lettered deluxe copies.
Dimensions based on deluxe edition.
Housed in clamshell box which contains commentary volume (xvii, 285 pages) and two portfolios. Single cloth-covered portfolio (25 cm) contains Portfolio I, which holds the translation, and Portfolio II, which holds the facsimile of the original. Portfolio III (53 cm) contains a booklet and 11 sheets (4 folded) [Description based on deluxe edition].
"The standard edition includes: the screen and letterpress printed translation and offset printed facsimile, housed in paper envelopes mounted to a cloth-covered portfolio; the 308-page commentary book, printed offset with a letterpress printed cover, containing seven overlays and one double-gatefold; the supplemental portfolio in a paper envelope with offset printed facsimiles of the first edition of Un coup de ďs, La Prose du Transsib̌rien, a poster for the Russian Futurist performance in Kazan, a Russian circus poser, and a recreation of the wallpaper the book was printed on. All of the above is housed in a cloth covered slipcase [26 x 25 cm]."--Tango with Cows website.
Contents of Portfolio III in the deluxe edition: a facsimile of the 1897 printing of "Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard" by Stéphane Mallarmé from Cosmopolis; a reduced facsimile of "La prose du Transsibérien et de la petite Jehanne de France" by Blaise Cendrars and Sonia Delaunay; a poster for a Futurist performance in Kazan, plus an additional digitally-restored version; a poster for the Strepetov Circus; and seven sheets of recreated wallpaper.
"A small deluxe edition of twenty-six copies presents the reader with the most faithful facsimiles possible of Tango with Cows, La Prose du Transsibérien, and the Kazan poster for the Russian Futurist performance. Each one has been trimmed by hand to remove the distraction of a white border while preserving their slightly irregular outlines. La Prose du Transsibérien and the Kazan poster, along with a digitally restored version, have been reproduced at actual size on an archival inkjet printer for maximum color fidelity. Seven full sheets--over sixteen square feet--of the recreated wallpaper pattern, reproduced with same paper and five-color screen-printing as the translation, are included. The commentary book is hard-bound and hand-sewn with colored thread that matches the colors of the printed wallpaper. The entire production is housed in an oversized clamshell box covered in custom-woven fabric with the design of the wallpaper rendered in an elegant grayscale."--Tango with Cows website.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

English with facsimile of original in Russian.

Call Number

MDTT 23-52

OCLC

1342606007

Title

Publisher

Chicago : Editions 42°, [2022]

Copyright Date

Edition

[Standard edition].

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

sheet

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Language

English with facsimile of original in Russian.

Added Author

Container of (work): Kamenskiĭ, Vasiliĭ, 1884-1961. Tango s korovami.

Container of (expression): Kamenskiĭ, Vasiliĭ, 1884-1961. Tango s korovami. English.

Container of (work): Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898. Coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard.

Container of (work): Cendrars, Blaise, 1887-1961. Prose du Transsibérien et la petite Jehanne de France.

Burli︠u︡k, Vladimir Davidovich, 1886-1917, illustrator.

Burli︠u︡k, David, 1882-1967, illustrator.

Ostashevsky, Eugene, translator, writer of added commentary.

Mellis, Daniel, book designer, writer of added commentary.

Drucker, Johanna, 1952- writer of foreword.

Editions 42°, publisher.

Dreamworks (Firm : Glenview, Cook County, Ill.), printer.

Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc., papermaker.

Neenah Paper (Firm), papermaker.

Arjowiggins (Papermaking firm), papermaker.

Translation Of:

Facsimile container of: Kamenskiĭ, Vasiliĭ, 1884-1961. Tango s korovami. Moskva : Izd. D.D. Burli͡uka, izdateli͡a 1-go zhurnala russkikh futuristov, 1914 (OCoLC)609457406

Research Call Number

MDTT 23-52

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