VLADIMIR LEBEDEV Sailor Dancing with Woman with Blue Glove.
Gouache on cream wove paper, circa 1920s. 298x266 mm; 11 3/4x10 1/2 inches.
Ex-collection Barry Friedman, Inc., New York, with the label on the frame back.
Lebedev (1891-1967) was a talented Russian artist and graphic designer. He was born and studied in St. Petersburg, where he worked as an illustrator during the 1910s and 1920s. He was heralded as the "King of the Children's Book" for the numerous opular illustrations he created in this genre at the time.
