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KUPRIANOV M., KRYLOV P., SOKOLOV N., AUTOGRAPHS KUKRYNIKSY: A SET OF TWENTY POSTCARDS. Moscow, 1961. Moscow: Soviet Artist, 1961.

Lot 718
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[20] p. ill.; 15x10.5 cm. In a publisher’s typographic folder. In good condition. Minor stains and tears at the folds of the folder, creases at the corners of the folder. Dedication by the Kukryniks on the back of the publisher’s folder: ‘Dorogoy Sofie Davydovne ochenʹ serdechno. Kukryniksy. M. Kupriyanov, P. Krylov, N. Sokolov. 68 apr. 5.’ [To dear Sofiya Davydovna, with heartfelt regards. Kukryniksy. M. Kupriyanov, P. Krylov, N. Sokolov. April 5, 1968.] A set of postcards with illustrations by a creative collective of Soviet graphic artists and painters, which included People’s Artists of the USSR Mikhail Kupriyanov (1903-1991), Porfiry Krylov (1902-1990), and Nikolai Sokolov (1903-2000).


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