GENNADY SPIRIN (1948 ) Marissa and the Peasants

Jun 17 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2709 -

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Sale 2709 - Lot 108

Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

GENNADY SPIRIN (1948 - )
Marissa and the Peasants.

Watercolor on board, 1991. 183x121 mm; 7¼x4¾ inches. Unsigned.

Publication
Interior illustration for O gnomakh i sirotke Maryse (Marissa and the Peasants) by Maria Konopnicka (Moscow: "Dom," 1991).

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Born near Moscow, Spirin earned his reputation as one of Europe's most exciting children's book illustrators before emigrating to the United States where he continues to work today. In 1983, he won the Golden Apple at the "Biennale of Illustrations" in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, for these exquisite illustrations of Marissa and the Gnome.

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