$5,313
VLADIMIR MIKHAILOVICH (1888-1963). [An Alphabet in Pictures]. Petrograd: R. Golike and A. Vilborg, 1918. 4to. 39 pp. With full page color lithographs for each Cyrillic letter. Original decorated wrappers. Minor internal soiling. In presentation case. V. M. Konashevich was one of the greatest modern Russian children`s book illustrators. He illustrated works by S. Marshak, K. Chukovsky, Alexandre Pushkin, Charles Perrault, Hans Christian Andersen and many others. His first masterpiece, was his affectionate homage to Alexandre Benois` 1904 picture book of the same name. It demonstrates the artist`s mastery of line and color in the in the tradition of the [World of Art] group of artists whom he joined in their twilight years.
Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions
Date:
2016-03-12
