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Lot 338: ZAMIRAILO, Viktor Dmitrevich (1868-1939). A pen and ink drawing for Evgenii Ivanov's Kot-Kolobrod i krysy [Tomcat and the Rats], 1928.

Est: £500 GBP - £800 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomNovember 30, 2010

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ZAMIRAILO, Viktor Dmitrevich (1868-1939). A pen and ink drawing for Evgenii Ivanov's Kot-Kolobrod i krysy [Tomcat and the Rats], 1928.
Pen and ink on paper (155 x 220mm), a cat confronting a group of rats, captioned in ink 'ris.4 Dolgo kot i krycy staiali v takoe poze...', and another pencilled caption 'k rasskazu Kot-Kolobrod'. (Crease not affecting the image, light soiling on the verso.) Provenance: Lengiz Khudozhestvennoe Otdel (inventory stamp numbered 1725 in manuscript). Together with a first edition of Ivanov's book (Moscow: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo, 1928) reproducing the drawing on page 9. Rats Collection 219 (for the edition).

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Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts

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Christie's
November 30, 2010, 12:00 AM GMT

85 Old Brompton Road, London, LDN, SW7 3LD, UK