5 June 2013 Russian Art Auctions
5 June 2013
* 418. ETS, IOSIF (1907-1941)
Designs for the Frontispiece and Illustration for V. Kaverin's "Skazka o Mit'ke i Mashe, o veselom trubochiste i mastere zolotye ruki", two works.
One pencil and ink, heightened with white, and the other watercolour, heightened with white, on paper, one measuring 15.5 by 13 cm and the other 15.5 by 13.5 cm (paper size).
1,500–2,000 GBP
Executed c. 1939.
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist's family.
Private collection, Europe.
Related Literature: For the published illustrations, see the frontispiece and p. 35 of V. Kaverin, Skazka o Mit'ke i Mashe, o veselom trubochiste i mastere zolotye ruki, Moscow, Detizdat TsK VLKSM, 1939.
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