Russian Art & Literature - Bloomsbury Auctions

Lot 60. MITROKHIN, Dmitrii Isidorovich (1883-1969).
Pyatnadtsat graviur [15 Etchings]. Leningrad: Soiuz Sovetskikh Khudozhnikov, 1934. Each 120 x 160 mm. Suite of 16 etchings including a
portrait of the artist by Vladimir Mikhailovich Konashevich; and a brochure on Mitrokhin’s art by famed Soviet art critic Mikhail Vasilivich
Dobroklonskii (in Russian and French). Within a labeled green paper portfolio. No. 4 of 100 copies, signed and numbered in pencil by the
artist. Condition: portfolio worn with some splitting of folds.
Mitrokhin was one of the most versatile of the artists associated with Mir Izkusstva [World of Art]. He was a well-known illustrator, a superb
watercolorist and a skilled etcher. Konashevich was also a famous illustrator and a great friend of Mitrokhin’s. This rare complete set of
idyllic scenes of contemporary Soviet life were etched between 1927 and 1933. The influence of Matisse on Mitrokhin is apparent in these
charming, childlike prints.
$8,000 - $12,000
Lot 60
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