Three booklets:

• Эдгар Дега и его искусство [Edgar Degas and His Art], by Jacob Tugendhold. Moscow: Издательство З. И. Гржебина, 1922. Russian.

Book dedicated to the work of French painter and sculptor Edgar Degas (1834-1917), accompanied by dozens of reproductions of his works (prints pasted on paper).

Cover illustration by Aleksandra Ekster (or Exter; Александра Александровна Экстер; 1882-1949), a Cubo-Futurist and Constructivist painter, stage and costume designer; born in Ukraine. Exter was among the most prominent Russian and Ukrainian avant-garde artists; she worked and lived in Kiev, St. Petersburg, Moscow, Vienna and Paris, and taught and influenced many artists including Boris Aronson, Issachar Ber Ryback and Yitzhak Frenkel.

[2] leaves, 89, [1] pages. Approx. 30 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, creases and wear. Bookplate on the inside of the front cover; inscription on the back cover.

MoMA 385.

• Рисунки М. Добужинского [Drawings of M. Dobuzhinsky], by Erich Gollerbach. Moscow-Petrograd: Государственное издательство, 1923. Russian.

A monograph about painter Mstislav Dobuzhinsky (Мстислав Валерианович Добужинский; 1875-1957), a Lithuanian-Russian painter and illustrator, particularly known for his paintings depicting the process of urbanization in the early 20th century. The front cover and title page were designed by Dobuzhinsky. Initial by Sergey Chekhonin.

The author, Erich Gollerbach (Эрих Фёдорович Голлербах; 1895-1942), a Russian literary and art critic, bibliographer and bibliophile.

102, [2] pages. 27.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Bookplate. Inscriptions and stamps. Loose pages and signatures. Stains, tears and wear at edges of cover; open tears in spine.

• С. Чехонин [S. Chekhonin], by Abram Efros and Nikolai Punin. Moscow-Petrograd: Государственное Издательство, [ca. 1924]. Russian.

Two articles by Abram Efros (Абра́м Ма́ркович Э́фро́с; 1888-1954) and Nikolai Punin (Никола́й Никола́евич Пу́нин; 1888-1953), dealing with the life and work of Russian multidisciplinary designer and artist Sergey Chekhonin  (Сергей Васильевич Чехонин; 1878-1936). Accompanied by 12 plates (on paper of varying thickness; some in color) and numerous illustrations in the text, presenting Chekhonin's diverse works – paintings, book illustrations, porcelain plates, stamps, banknotes, bookplates, and more. Illustrated cover. Besides the Russian edition, the book was also published in French, German and English.

112, [1] pages + [12] plates, 29 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Most pages and both parts of the cover detached. Tears, creases and wear at edges of cover; open tears in spine.

MoMA 530.