5 June 2013 Russian Art Auctions
5 June 2013
* 559. LEBEDEV, VLADIMIR (1891-1967)
Deadly Tango, a Headpiece for the Magazine "Novyi Satirikon", inscribed in Cyrillic "umen'shenie", further numbered "38" and with a pencil sketch of a man and a horse on the reverse.
Pencil and ink, heightened with white, on vergé paper, 13.5 by 32.5 cm.
4,000–6,000 GBP
Provenance: Important private collection, Europe.
Literature: Novyi Satirikon, No. 16, 1916, p. 15, illustrated.
Novyi Satirikon, No. 15, 1918, p. 10, illustrated.
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