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Tale about a clever mouse

Illustrator Vladimir Vasilyevich Lebedev Russian
Publisher Detgiz Russian
1962
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Object Information
  • Title: Tale about a clever mouse
  • Author: Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (Russian, 1887–1964)
  • Illustrator: Vladimir Vasilyevich Lebedev (Russian, St. Petersburg 1891–1967 St. Petersburg)
  • Publisher: Detgiz (Leningrad)
  • Published in: Moscow
  • Date: 1962
  • Medium: Commercial color process
  • Dimensions: Overall: 11 x 8 7/16 x 1/16 in. (28 x 21.4 x 0.2 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1963
  • Object Number: 63.568.46
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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