Auction 99 Part 1 Avant-Garde Art and Russian Literature from the Rachel and Joseph Brindt Collection
"40 North – 50 West", by Rudyard Kipling – Translation by Samuil Marshak – Moscow-Leningrad, 1931 – Woodcuts by David Shterenberg
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40 Норд-50 Вест [40 North – 50 West]. Moscow-Leningrad: "ОГИЗ "Молодая гвардия", 1931. Russian.
Poems and short stories for children from the book "Just So Stories" by British author Rudyard Kipling, translated into Russian by Samuil Marshak.
The story is accompanied by woodcuts by
David Shterenberg (Давид Петрович Штеренберг; 1881-1948) – Russian-Jewish painter and graphic artist, a prominent representative of the Russian avant-garde movement, and head of the Fine Arts Department of the People's Commissariat for Education – "Narkompros".
21, [1] pages (including cover). Approx. 23 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears to spine.
David Shterenberg (1881-1948)
David Shterenberg (1881-1948)