Sale: 328 / Rare Books, Nov. 19./20. 2007 in Hamburg Lot 1291

Boris Grigoriew - Rasseja. 1922


1291
Boris Grigoriew
Rasseja. 1922
Estimate:
€ 200 / $ 214
Sold:
€ 264 / $ 282

(incl. surcharge)
Grigoriew, B., Rasseja (Russ.). With 4 plates in colours and numerous further plates and illustrations. Berlin/Petersburg, S. Efron, Müller & Co respectively. (1922). Orig. cloth with illustrations on covers and spine in orange-red, yellow and black (by Grigoriew). Small 4to.
Holstein p. 320. - Wide-margined print on cream-coloured paper. - With texts by O. Bie, P. Barchan and A. Benois. "Der von mystisch-symbolischen Vorstellungen durchdrungene Zyklus von Zeichnungen und Bildern Rasseja erschien erstmals 1918 in Rußland, dann erneut in Berlin. Grigorjew läßt darin ein zugespitztes Abbild des patriarchalischen Rußlands entstehen" [translation of quote: The cycle of Raseja's drawings and pictures that are full of mystic-symbolic images, was first published in Russia in 1918, and then again in Berlin. Grigorjew creates a drastic picture of the patriarchic Russia] (Holstein)




1291
Boris Grigoriew
Rasseja. 1922
Estimate:
€ 200 / $ 214
Sold:
€ 264 / $ 282

(incl. surcharge)