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VLADIMIR LEBEDEV Sailor.
Gouache on light tan wove paper, circa 1925. 200x142 mm; 8x5 1/2 inches.
Acquired Barry Friedman, Ltd., New York, May 9, 1989, by the current owner, with a copy of the original receipt; ex-collection private collection, New York.
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.
