SOVIET CIRCUS, PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE COLLECTION OF D.V. ROBINSON (1930–1992) 19 black-and-white photographs, 1 full-color printed image (I. Bugrimova. Ogonyok. 1952. No. 11). 1941–1952.

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Photographs mounted on passe-partout Explanatory owner’s inscriptions/stickers indicating the names of circus performers, genre, and dates, a stamp ‘From the collection of D.V. Robinson’ (on the reverse on passe-partout) In very good condition. Circus performers featured: Balance artists, acrobats, clowns A. Geller and V. Naumov, E. Milaev, M.V. Lavrovskaya, M. Zollo, People’s Artist of the Uzbek SSR Igamberdy Tashkenbaev with a group of tightrope walkers, A.S. Kalganov, the Senichkin gymnasts, and the Chinese group led by Wang Ze-Wei. Predator trainers A. Belousov, Y. Durov, I. Ruban, I. Bugrimova, and horse trainer M.D. Anisimov. Provenance: David Veniaminovich Robinson (1930-1992) - Soviet mechanical engineer, collector, expert, and researcher of medal art, and philatelist. One of the founders of the Leningrad Medal Club and one of the organizers of the first two exhibitions of Leningrad medalists. In his youth, he collected postage stamps. Later, he became fascinated by the circus and spent 10–15 years collecting posters, booklets, and other materials dedicated to the circus arts