Ма́ленькие траге́дии [MALEN'KIE TRAGEDII]

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Ма́ленькие траге́дии [MALEN'KIE TRAGEDII]

By Alexander Pushkin, illustrated by Vladimir Favorski

1961

First printing of this collection of four short plays by Pushkin, with atmospheric woodcut illustrations by multifaceted artist Vladimir Favorski – one of Favorski's final works.

Near fine in very good plus dust jacket.

Price: $300.00

Ма́ленькие траге́дии [MALEN'KIE TRAGEDII]

"To illustrate [Pushkin] is a terrifying task! But his austerity and precision are a great help." – Vladimir Favorski

Russian graphic artist, art critic, and woodcut illustrator Vladimir Favorsky (also transliterated as Favorski) blended the traditional and the modern in his art. He helmed the Russian state art and technical school Vkhutemas – often compared in style and philosophy to Bauhaus – as rector during a tumultuous period in the 1920s, during which he resisted government efforts to mandate the artistic methods and styles of the students. Favorsky's perspective shines through in his extensive oeuvre of book illustrations; he was particularly fond of the codex as a vehicle for art, noting that "the book can serve simultaneously as an example of wholeness of design and variety of content" (Molok, 242). Favorsky's high-contrast, emotional illustrations are a perfect match for Alexander Pushkin's TRAGEDIES, comprised of "Mozart and Salieri," "The Miserly Knight," "The Stone Guest," and "A Feast During the Plague."

Read more: Yuri Molok, Vladimir Favorski.

The Object

First edition thus. Moscow: изд-во худож. лит-ры, 1961. Title translation: Little Tragedies. 10.25'' x 8''. Original tan cloth binding with black, gilt, and blue stamping. Original unclipped (no price) pictorial dust jacket. Black topstain. Original ribbon page marker. Illustrated in black and white. 110 pages. Jacket with light rubbing, a bit of chipping to corners and spine ends; tiny ink price to rear panel corner. Binding with a touch of bumping to spine ends. One dot of soil to fore-edge. Sound and clean.

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