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BIBLIBIN OPERA BORIS GUDONOV RUSSIAN ART FAIRY TAL

BILIBIN, Ivan Yakovlevich [Ivan Bilibine] (1876-1942). Boris Godunov.

Complete set of 8 postcards of costume designs for Mussorgsky's famous opera, issued to benefit the St. Evgenya Red Cross Society and lithographed in color by N. Kadushina, St. Petersburg. Each 140 x 90 mm. Condition: all unused; minor wear. Bilibin designed the sets and costumes for Sergei Diaghilev's very first theatrical production, Rimsky-Korsakov's revision of Boris Godunov in1908. [Together with 2 other postcard sets:] 2 postcards of mythical Russian birds (Alkonost and Sirin), issued to benefit the St. Evgenya Red Cross Society and lithographed in color by Golike and Wilborg, St. Petersburg, 1905. Each 140 x 90 mm. Condition: minor wear and soiling. 6 postcards of Russian skazki, issued to benefit the St. Evgenya Red Cross Society and lithographed in color by N. Kadushin, St. Petrograd, 1911. Each 140 x 90 mm. Condition: all unused; minor wear. (16).