KONSTANTIN RUDAKOV (1891-1949) Set of three illustrations for ‘Dear Friend’ (‘Bel Ami’), a novel by Guy de Maupassant (1885)

(i) signed in Cyrillic and dated ‘К. Rudakov 1935’ (lower right), inscribed in Cyrillic 'p. 242' (upper right); inscribed in Cyrillic by S. Rudakov, son of the artist ‘authentic drawing for the ‘Bel Ami’ novel by Guy de Maupassant, I confirm S. Rudakov 21/VIII/76' (on the reverse), pencil and graphite on paper, 27.5 x 19.5 cm (ii) pencil on paper, 26 x 21.1 cm (iii) lithograph on paper, inscribed in pencil 'G. Maupassant Bel Ami p. 206 ' (lower left), 21.5 x 15 cm (image), 31 x 23.5 cm (sheet) executed circa 1935