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.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

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, signer.

Drucker, Johanna, 1952- writer of foreword.

Editions 42°, publisher.

Language:

English

French

Russian

Subjects (All):

Kamenskiĭ, Vasiliĭ, 1884-1961. Tango s korovami.

Kamenskiĭ, Vasiliĭ.

Futurism (Art)--Russia.

Futurism (Art).

Futurism (Literary movement)--Russia.

Futurism (Literary movement).

Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--Russia.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics).

Genre:

visual poetry.

facsimiles (reproductions)

screen prints.

Visual poetry.

Facsimiles.

Screen prints.

avant-garde books.

Physical Description:

1 case (1 volume, 2 portfolios) : color illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 26 x 25 x 6 cm

Other Title:

Tango s korovami : perevod, faksimile i kommentariĭ

Танго с коровами : перевод, факсимиле и комментарий

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Editions 42°, [2022]

Language Note:

In English with facsimile of original in Russian, and some sheets in French.

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.

Contents:

Portfolio I. Tango with Cows / by Vasily Kamensky

Portfolio II. Tango s korovam / Vasilii︠a︡ Kamenskogo ; risunki Vladimira i Davida Birli︠u︡kov

Portfolio III. Facsimile of Un coup de dés jamais n'abolira le hasard / by Stéphane Mallarmé ; Facsimile of La prose du Transsibérien et de la petite Jehanne de France / by Blaise Cendrars and Sonia Delaunay ; Reproduction of a poster for a Futurist performance in Kazen ; Reproduction of a poster for the Strepetov Circus ; Recreation of the wallpaper used in tango with Cows

Commentary volume. Acknowledgments ; Tango with Cows in Retro-perspective / Johanna Drucker ; Vasily Kamensky, Staying Alive / Eugene Ostashevsky ; Tango with Cows: an Encyclopedia of Russian Life / Eugene Ostashevsky ; As Above, So Below / Daniel Mellis ; Appendices. I. The fall of Vasya Kemensky in Czestochowa / Eugene Ostashevsky ; II. N.M. Yakovlev, Printer of Tango with Cows / Daniel Mellis ; III. The Typefaces of Tango with Cows / Daniel Mellis ; IV. Census of Copies of Tango with Cows / Daniel Mellis ; V. Tango with Burliuks / Eugene Demenok

Chronology

Original Title Glossary

Bibiliography

Image List and Sources

Colophon.

Notes:

Title page also in Russian on facing page.

Includes commentary volume ( xvii, 285 pages); portfolio with 2 volumes in paper envelopes (36 unnumbered pages each); portfolio with pamphlet (16 pages) and 4 folded sheets.

"Produced in a numbered edition of 375, with an additional 26 lettered deluxe copies."--Colophon.

"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 dés, La Prose du Transsibérien, 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.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Library's copy is number 53.

Contains:

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

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

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

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

OCLC:

1422616732