Ol’ga Rozanova (Russian, 1886–1918)
written by Aleksei Kruchenykh (Russian, 1886–1968) and Roman Jakobson (Russian, 1896–1982)
Transrational Boog (Zaumnaia gniga)
INV-1991
Ol’ga Rozanova (Russian, 1886–1918)
written by Aleksei Kruchenykh (Russian, 1886–1968) and Roman Jakobson (Russian, 1896–1982)1916
Transrational Boog (Zaumnaia gniga)
Ol’ga Rozanova (Russian, 1886–1918) written by Aleksei Kruchenykh (Russian, 1886–1968) and Roman Jakobson (Russian, 1896–1982) →bookpaper
Date
1916
Medium
Book with nine color linocuts and collage on ivory, tan, brown, and blue papers and collaged cover, stapled
Dimensions
22 × 20 × 0.5 cm (8 11/16 × 7 7/8 × 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Frederick W. Renshaw Acquisition Fund
Books by progressive Russian artists and poets, made between the revolutions of 1905 and 1917, aimed to overthrow conventions of art and society simultaneously. Their makers believed that art and language needed to become immediate and real—part of everyday life—and as a result these Futurist books were willfully made with cheap materials, and appeared purposely unrefined, as if they were products of wild and primitive behavior.