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Book illustrations

 Lot   Description Valued price
Helicopter.
№ 1 Helicopter.

Helicopter.

AuthorPivovarov V.D.

Size – 29.5x22.
Technique Paper on cardboard, watercolor, ink.

Description:
Illustration for the book by R.S. Sefa "Unusual Pedestrian".

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Letter "E".
№ 2 Letter "E".

Letter "E".

AuthorLebedev V.V.

Year – 1939
Size – 22.5x17.5.
Technique Paper, pencil.

Description:
Signed and dated lower right. Illustration for the book by S.Ya. Marshak "Living Letters".

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Who to be?
№ 3 Who to be?

Who to be?

AuthorPakhomov A.F.

Year – 1940s
Technique Paper, mixed media.

Description:
Flyleaf of the collection of poems by V. Mayakovsky “Who to be?”

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Mouse King.
№ 4 Mouse King.

Mouse King.

AuthorRudakov K.I.

Year – 1938
Size – 19.5x15.
Technique Paper, pencil.

Description:
Original illustration for the fairy tale by E.T.A. Hoffmann "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King".

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Let's take new rifles.
№ 5 Let's take new rifles.

Let's take new rifles.

AuthorPakhomov A.F.

Year – 1948
Size – 32.5x32.
Technique Paper, pencil.

Description:
Illustration for the collection of poems by V. Mayakovsky "To Children".

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By the window.
№ 6 By the window.

By the window.

AuthorKorkin Yu.M.

Year – 1965
Size – 30x22.5.
Technique Paper, gouache.

Description:
Illustration for the book by I.I. Nikitina “I’ll ask my mother.”

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Little builders.
№ 7 Little builders.

Little builders.

AuthorRodionov M.S.

Year – 1952
Size – 22.5x16.5 (clear).
Technique Paper, watercolor.

Description:
Illustration for the calendar book "All Year Round", 1952.

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Foxes.
№ 8 Foxes.

Foxes.

AuthorTyrsa N.A.

Year – 1940
Size – 17.5x23.8.
Technique Paper, watercolor, pencil.

Description:
Sketch for the book-album “Zoological Garden”.

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The Lion and the Fly.
№ 10 The Lion and the Fly.

The Lion and the Fly.

AuthorEliseev K.S.

Year – 1952.
Size – 37x28.5.
Technique Mixed media on paper.

Description:
Monogrammed and dated lower left. The work was published in the book S. Mikhalkov. Selected Fables. Moscow, 1953. State Publishing House of Fiction GOSLITIZDAT. P. 13.

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At the sewing machine.
№ 11 At the sewing machine.

At the sewing machine.

AuthorPetrov M.F.

Size – 30x24.5.
Technique Paper, gouache.

Description:
Illustration for the book by V.L. Razumnevich "Vasya on the cart".

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Stubborn sparrow.
№ 12 Stubborn sparrow.

Stubborn sparrow.

AuthorKoltsova E.A.

Year – 1991
Size – 31x23.7.
Technique Paper, pencil.

Description:
Illustration for the book by G.Z. Glushnev "Stubborn Sparrow".

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Bon appetit.
№ 13 Bon appetit.

Bon appetit.

AuthorPakhomov A.F.

Year – 1962
Size – 46.6x31.
Technique Paper, lithograph, colored pencils.

Description:
Illustration for a collection of poems by G.M. Novitskaya "Mashenka".

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To school.
№ 14 To school.

To school.

AuthorBogaevskaya O.B.

Year – 1952
Size – 26.4x17.7.
Technique Paper, mixed media.

Description:
Illustration for the book “Andryusha goes to school” by N. Nikitich.

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Mustachioed-striped.
№ 15 Mustachioed-striped.

Mustachioed-striped.

AuthorLebedev V.V.

Year – 1938
Size – 27x21.
Technique Paper, pencil.

Description:
Illustration for the book by S.Ya. Marshak "Mustachioed and Striped".

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After work.
№ 16 After work.

After work.

AuthorPakhomov A.F.

Year – 1962
Size – 49x35.8.
Technique Color lithography.

Description:
Illustration for a collection of poems by G.M. Novitskaya "Mashenka".

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Stubborn sparrow.
№ 17 Stubborn sparrow.

Stubborn sparrow.

AuthorKoltsova E.A.

Year – 1991
Size – 31x23.7.
Technique Paper, pencil.

Description:
Illustration for the book by G.Z. Glushnev "Stubborn Sparrow".

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Quiet and loud.
№ 18 Quiet and loud.

Quiet and loud.

AuthorPivovarov V.D.

Year – 1960s
Size – 28x21.5.
Technique Paper, mixed media.

Description:
Illustration for the book by I.M. Pivovarova "Quiet and sonorous".

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May Day.
№ 20 May Day.

May Day.

AuthorPakhomov A.F.

Year – 1964
Size – 45.5x30.8.
Technique Paper, lithograph, colored pencils

Description:
Illustration for the book "Star".

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Toads.
№ 21 Toads.

Toads.

AuthorKonashevich V.M.

Year – 1950s
Size – 12.3x19.8.
Technique Paper, ink.

Description:
Illustration for the work of G.Kh. Andersen "Thumbelina".

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Navy seals.
№ 22 Navy seals.

Navy seals.

AuthorErmolaev B.N.

Year – 1974
Size – 20.3x13.8.
Technique Paper, gouache, watercolor.

Description:
Illustration for the book by V.A. Basket "The Road of Five Seas".

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Squirrel and Tamara.
№ 23 Squirrel and Tamara.

Squirrel and Tamara.

AuthorPakhomov A.F.

Year – 1961
Size – 33.4x26.4.
Technique Paper, pencil.

Description:
Illustration for the book by L. Panteleev “Squirrel and Tamarochka”.

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There was a road.
№ 24 There was a road.

There was a road.

AuthorErmolaev N.A.

Year – 1980
Size – 34x48.5.
Technique Paper, watercolor.

Description:
Illustration for the book by G.A. Yurmina "The Road Was Driving"

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Aspen.
№ 25 Aspen.

Aspen.

AuthorPivovarov V.D.

Size – 29.5x22.
Technique Paper, watercolor, ink.

Description:
Illustration for the book by R.S. Sefa "Unusual Pedestrian".

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Dauria.
№ 26 Dauria.

Dauria.

AuthorSokolov-Skalya P.P.

Year – 1952
Size – 60x40.
Technique Paper, mixed media.

Description:
Illustration for the novel by K.F. Sedykh "Dauria".

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Romeo and Juliet.
№ 27 Romeo and Juliet.

Romeo and Juliet.

AuthorFadeeva T.S.

Size – 22x19.8.
Technique Paper, ink, pen, watercolor.

Description:
Illustration for W. Shakespeare's poem "Romeo and Juliet".

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Illustration for the novel by V.P. Kataeva "The Lonely Sail Is White."
№ 28 Illustration for the novel by V.P. Kataeva "The Lonely Sail Is White."

Illustration for the novel by V.P. Kataeva "The Lonely Sail Is White."

AuthorRakutin Yu.M.

Size – 30x21.
Technique Paper, watercolor.

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Rainbow-arc.
№ 29 Rainbow-arc.

Rainbow-arc.

AuthorVasnetsov Yu.A.

Size – 30.8x24.
Technique Paper, mixed media.

Description:
Vignette to the poem by S.Ya. Marshak "Rainbow-arc".

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Toads.
№ 30 Toads.

Toads.

AuthorKonashevich V.M.

Year – 1950s
Size – 10.5x22.5.
Technique Paper, ink.

Description:
Illustration for the work of G.Kh. Andersen "Thumbelina".

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In defiance of spring.
№ 31 In defiance of spring.

In defiance of spring.

AuthorKanevsky A.M.

Year – 1970s
Size – 26.5x21.
Technique Paper, ink, watercolor.

Description:
Illustration for the poem by A.L. Barto "Despite Spring"

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Mustache-striped
№ 32 Mustache-striped

Mustache-striped

AuthorLebedev V.V.

Year – 1930s
Size – 24x20.
Technique Paper, pencil.

Description:
Illustration for the book by S.Ya. Marshak "Mustachioed and Striped". Sold.



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