Skazki (Fairytales)

KODRYANSKAIA, Natalia (also Natalie CODRAY). Сказки [Fairytales]. — Paris, L’imprimerie Union, 1950.Octavo (185 x 240 mm). 283 pp., with 16 mounted plates, of which 8 in color.The edition was published at Kodryanskaia’s expense and was limited to 1000 copies, from which 50 were numbered and printed on Velin d’Arches paper. This is Natalia Goncharova’s last …

Les Ballets Russes de Serge de Diaghilew

MICHEL, Georges-Michel, GEORGE, Waldemar. Les Ballets Russes de Serge de Diaghilew. Le Costume théâtral par Nathalie Gontcharova // Quelques Artistes contemporains, no. 2. — Paris, Pierre Vorms, Galerie Billiet, 1930. Octavo (271 х 184 mm). 32 pp. Title with Picasso’s vignette from Serge Lifar’s collection; with mainly color illustrations. A bit more than a year …

Les Montparnos

MICHEL, Georges-Michel. Les Montparnos : Modigliani, Picasso, Foujita, Man Ray, Touchagues, A. Corbery, Juan Gris, Hélène Perdriat, Andrea di Vanni, Colin, F. Léger, Soutine, V. Gross, G. Gallibert, Laglenne, Survage, Metzinger, Bakst, Larionow, J.-M. Sert, Severini, Picabia, Gontcharova, Lagar, Le Souëzec, Zarraga, Kisling : roman. — Paris: Fasquelle, 1929.Octavo (180 x 200 mm). 301 pp. …

Le thé du capitaine Sogoub

KESSEL, Joseph. Le thé du capitaine Sogoub / nouvelle illustré d’images hors-texte gravées par Nathalie Gontcharova. — Paris, Au Sans Pareil, 5 April 1926.Octavo (145 x 190 mm). Half-title, frontispice, title, dedication, 42 pp. With 6 engravings hors-texte, each protected with onion skin. The edition consists of 20 copies on velin de cuve, with a …

L’Annonciation: Roman

ISARLOV, George. L’Annonciation: Roman / ill. par E. Chimot, A. Dignimont, N. Gontcharova et M. Larionov. — Paris, Société d’Edition et de Librairie Henri Reynaud, 11 June, 1925.Octavo (150 x 190 mm). 245 pp., 4 black and white prints. Limited to 475 copies. Title page. Courtesy of https://sovcom.org.uk/ George Isarlov’s (1897-1978) novel recounts the narrator’s …

Tale of Prince Igor

Die Mär von der Heerfahrt Igors : der ältesten russischen Heldendichtung. Translated from Russian by Arthur Luther. — München, Orchis, 1923.Quarto (185 x 270 mm). 80 pp. Half-title, title-page with illustrated border, 36 hand-coloured pochoir illustrations after Goncharova, printed boards with title to upper cover, cloth spine with title in green. The epic poem, Слово …

The Russian Ballet in Western Europe 1909-1920

The Russian Ballet in Western Europe 1909-1920, W. A. Propert, with a chapter on the music by Eugene Goossens. — London, John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1921.Folio (325 x 250 mm). XV introduction, 132 pp. With 63 mostly colored plates hors-text, among which are 5 portraits and 58 laminated plates on thick gray paper. …

Conte de Tsar Saltan

PUSHKIN, Alexander Sergeevich. Le Conte de Tsar Saltan. Translated from Russian by Claude Anet. — Paris, Editions de la Sirène, 29 Bd. Malesherbes, (25 May) 1921. Printed by Louis Kaldor; images colored by the ateliers Marty under the direction of Daniel Jacomet; the edition was printed under the direction of Bertrand Guéga.Quarto (290 x 220 …

Gorod (City)

RYBAKIN, Alexander. Gorod (City): poetry / Сover, illustrations, type, and vignettes by N. Goncharova. — Paris, [s.l.], 1920.Octavo (252 x 163 mm) [4], 54 and 4 ll. facsimile manuscript. All 52 lithographic illustrations after Goncharova, 9 of which are fullpage; pages uncut, unbound and of different sizes. One of 325 copies. The collection of poems …

Twelve. Scythians.

BLOK, Aleksandr. Twelve. Scythians. With nine illustrations of N. Goncharova and M. Larionov [Двенадцать. Скифы. С девятью иллюстрациями Н. Гончаровой и М. Ларионова]. — Paris, Arts publisher The Target, 13 Rue Bonaparte, Paris [Париж, Художественное издательство «Мишень»], 20 June 1920. Printed by “Union” print shop 46 Boul. St-Jacques, Paris.Octavo (241 x 197 mm). [30] pp. …