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Lot 155
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Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev, Boui Bouis, Berlin: Petropolis, 1924

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev, Boui Bouis, Berlin: Petropolis, 1924
  • paper, ink
  • 37.5 by 28.5cm, 14 ¾ by 11 ¼ in.
text by Claude Farrère, Sergei Makovsky and Boris de Schloezer, unnumbered edition out of 500 copies, text in French with 28 illustrated plates

Provenance

Oleg Zinger, Paris
Thence by descent

Condition

The soft paper covers are torn and worn at the edges and corners. There are spots of staining and discolouration, particularly to the corners. The tissue paper covering the drawings is creased in places and there are some minor losses to the edges.
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Catalogue Note

Please see lot 152 for a short biography of Oleg Zinger.