Story Title Page, "La Belle Vassilissa":, verso: text

Boris Zvorykin Russian

ca. 1925

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Title: Story Title Page, "La Belle Vassilissa":, verso: text
Series/Portfolio: L'Oiseau de Feau et d'autres contes populaires russes
Artist: Boris Zvorykin (Russian, Moscow 1872–1942 Paris)
Date: ca. 1925
Medium: Gouache, metallic inks, and black ink, heightened with white, over graphite
Dimensions: 13 5/8 x 10 9/16 in. (34.6 x 26.9 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Gift of Thomas H. Guinzburg, The Viking Press, 1979
Object Number: 1979.537.10
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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