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Design For a Cover Of Ivan Krylov's 'Fables' by 
																	G Narboute

G Narboute I

( Russian, 1886 - 1920 )

Design For a Cover Of Ivan Krylov's 'Fables'

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Materials:

pencil, ink and collage on paper

Measurements:

11.22 in. (28.50 cm.) (height) by 9.45 in. (24.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with Cyrillic initials 'G.N' (lower centre); with inscription from Alexandre Djanchieff 'A figuré à l'exposition 'Art Russe'/à Bruxelles en 1928/catalogue no. 1017' (on the reverse of the backboard)

Exhibited:

Leipzig, Internationale Ausstellung fu¨r Buchgewerbe und Graphik, May-October 1914, numbered between 57 and 60 (labels on the backboard). Brussels, Le Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Exposition d'Art Russe Ancien et Moderne, May-June 1928, no. 1017.

Literature:

Exhibition catalogue, Katalog russkago otdela [Catalogue of the Russian section], St Petersburg, 1914, listed p. 189. Exhibition catalogue, Exposition d'Art Russe Ancien et Moderne, Brussels, 1928, listed p. 87, no. 1017.

Provenance:

Collection Alexandre Djanchieff. By descent to the present owner.

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