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Russian Literature and Art
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CHEBOTAREV, Konstantin (1892-1974), Illarion Nikolaevich PLESCHINSKII (1892-1961), Petr Evgenevich KORNILOV (1896-1981), Aleksandra Georgevna PLATUNOVA (1896-1966) and others. Vsadnik. Graficheskii almanakh [The Rider. The Graphic Almanac]. Kazan: Izdanie Graficheskogo Kollektiva Kazanskikh Khudozhestvennykh Masterskikh, 1922. No. 3 (265 x 200 mm). Original linoleum cut gray wrappers designed by I. N. Pleschinskii. Preface by the collective's secretary P. E. Kornilov. Condition: two small rubber stamps and light pencil marks to back wrapper as usual. number 1 of only 50 copies. With original tipped-in linoleum cuts, lithographs, drypoints and a woodcut by members of the avant-garde Vsadnik group, P. Korilov, V. Vilkovskaya, A. Platunova, D. Fedorov, S. Fedotov and K. Chebotarev. The most important painter of the group was Chebotarev, the husband of Platunova. His work was eventually branded bourgeois and reactionary and he died in obscurity. He is only now being reevaluated as an artist. Not in MoMA, Getty, BM or NYPL. ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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