Auction 99 Part 1 Avant-Garde Art and Russian Literature from the Rachel and Joseph Brindt Collection
"Songs of Pishchik", by Nikolai Aseev – Leningrad, 1929 – Illustrations by Eduard Krimmer – Two Separate Plates with Original Charcoal Illustrations by Krimmer
Opening: $300
Sold for: $525
Including buyer's premium
Песни Пищика [Songs of Pishchik], children's story by Nikolai Aseev. Leningrad (St. Petersburg): ГИЗ, 1929. Russian.
A children's story by the Russian Futurist poet
Nikolai Aseev (Николай Асеев; 1889-1963), member of the artists group "LEF" (ЛЕФ – "Left Front of the Arts"); accompanied by illustrations and color lithographs by the Russian-Jewish artist
Eduard Krimmer (Эдуард Михайлович Криммер; 1900-1974).
Enclosed: Two paper plates with original charcoal and color illustrations by Krimmer (unsigned).
[12] pages + [2] plates. Approx. 29 cm; plates: 27.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Minor stains. Tears, blemishes and wear to upper margins of all leaves, slightly affecting text on margins of front cover.
Children's Books
Children's Books