Lot 50: (COLLAGES) zhitomirsky, alexander (1907-1993)

Lovingly entertaining honeymoon album containing 13 collages of a not-quite blushing bride (Zhitomirsky's wife). The fanciful mixed-media assemblages show her riding a train with the wind in her hair; on a boat at sea; seated on rocks overlooking the ocean; sitting atop a lighthouse; playing with her oversized dog; enjoying a bath, and more. Each elaborately constructed with silver prints, photomechanical reproductions, paper and ink, many pages with titles in pencil, page size 9 1/2x7 1/2 inches (24.1x19 cm.). Oblong 4to, blue cloth, spine and front cover detached from the bookblock; front pastedown with Zhitomirsky's son's signature and notations, in pencil; with one artwork per page, and one two-part collage. 1934