RUDNYTSKY, Mykhailo; KOVZHUN, Pavlo (illustrator).
Ochi ta Usta [Eyes and Mouth].
Ochi ta Usta [Eyes and Mouth].
Stock Code 111815
Lviv, Izmarahd, 1920.
one of 100 copies
A prose and poetry collection authored by the noted Ukrainian critic, poet and writer, Mykhailo Rudnytsky. The volume was designed by Kovzhun, a leading light of the inter-war avant-garde in Ukraine and Poland. Kovzhun's lithographic title pages show abstract ornamental images of lips and eyes and relational, spectral figures. Each collection throughout the book opens with an additional abstract vignette. All copies were issued in interim wrappers and each was custom bound by the author for presentation.First edition, one of 100 copies, hors commerce and printed on Japon, oblong 32mo (12.5 x 9 cm); lithographed title and vignettes by Pavlo Kovzhun printed in green and black, minor thumb marking and a few small stains to margibs, endpapers replaced; original patterned cloth binding, printed label to upper cover, a very good copy.
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