VASILY MASJUTIN (1884-1955) Seven Deadly Sins (Die sieben Todsünden )
Lot 69
5 5007 500
15 sheets of etchings signed by the author
Ed. Berlin: Newa, 1923
43.5 x 33.5 cm
Copy number 40 from the edition of 100, with signature of the artist.
In a publisher’s folder (2 illustrations missing)
Extremely rare, this is a one of the most significant etching suites of the artist, which had an enormous influence on the formation of style and technique of the author.
Vasily Masjutin (1884-1955) was an outstanding, original artist, printmaker, art theorist and writer who was nicknamed «Russian Goya» by his contemporaries.