Lot 106: * MURATOV, NIKOLAI (1908-1992), Illustrations and Cover Designs for the J. Verne Book "The Earth Turned Upside Down", eleven works, each signed, some also further signed and inscribed in Cyrillic on the reverse, and nine dated 1942, 1948 or 1949.

* MURATOV, NIKOLAI (1908-1992), Illustrations and Cover Designs for the J. Verne Book "The Earth Turned Upside Down", eleven works, each signed, some also further signed and inscribed in Cyrillic on the reverse, and nine dated 1942, 1948 or 1949, Nine ink and gouache, some with pencil or watercolour, and two ink and watercolour on paper, the largest measuring 31 by 44 cm and the smallest 21.5 by 14 cm.
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist’s family by the present owner.
Private collection, USA.

Related literature: For the published illustrations, see J. Verne, Vverkh dnom , Moscow-Leningrad, Detgiz, 1952.