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[KRAVCHENKO] Slepoy i Ego Podruga. [The Blind Man and His Friend]

Korolenko, V.

Item #2493

Moscow: GIZ, 1928. 21, [3] p. 17×13 cm. In original illustrated wrappers. Very good condition, minor wear and darkening.

First GIZ edition.
Illustrated by Aleksei Kravchenko (1889–1940), an artist of international repute, known for his landscape paintings and prints. In 1917 he was involved in the reorganisation of art in Moscow under the Revolution and executed propaganda decorations and designed a war loans poster. He participated in many shows both before and after the Revolution including the Society of Moscow Artists in 1913, the Third Touring Exhibition of the Sovetsk Regional subdepartment of the Museums Bureau in 1921 (with Kandinsky, Rodchenko & others), the 1925 4 Arts Exhibition and a one man show in Paris in 1927.

He was also included in the major show of 1927 marking the tenth anniversary of the Revolution as well as the 1932 Venice Biennale. He was a member of the Union of Moscow Artists formed in 1925 and designed trademarks, stamps, posters and book illustrations. In 1927 he participated in the International Exhibition of Book Art in Leipzig.

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Price: $450.00