PUSHKIN AND CHOUKHAEF - LA Dame de Pique 1923
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[PUSHKIN, Alexandre] - CHOUKHAEFF, Vassili, artist (1887-1973). La Dame de Pique [The Queen of Spades]. Paris: J. Schiffrin, 1923. Small quarto. (9 5/8 x 7 inches). 92pp. Color illustrations, including 7 full-page plates, by Vassili Choukhaeff. Publisher's wrappers in glassine jacket. Uncut. Housed in marbled slipcase. Previous owner's bookplate. Number 77 of 260 copies on velin. Foreword by Andre Gide.Vasili Choukhaeff studied at Stroganov College in Moscow and at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg and spent two years painting in Italy before starting a teaching career. He lived in Petrograd, Paris, Leningrad, Tbilisi, and, for 14 years, in Finland.
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