MASIUTIN V.N. (1884-1955) Die sieben Todsünden [Seven Deadly Sins].

Lot 309
5 5007 500
Berlin: Newa, 1923. 15 sheets of etchings signed by the author. 43.5x33.5 cm. Copy number 40 from the edition of 100, with signature of the artist. In a publisher’s folder. 2 illustrations missing. Extremely rare. 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 Masyutin (1884-1955) is an outstanding, original artist, printmaker, art theorist and writer who was nicknamed «Russian Goya» by his contemporaries.