Ivan Âkovlevič BILIBIN

Expédition de l'approvisionnement des papiers d'État, Saint-Pétersbourg 1902, 26 x 33 cm, original wrappers

First edition and first print of 9 drawings, 4 of them full page from Ivan Bilibine.
Pleasant and rare copy in this condition.

Ivan Yakovlevitch Bilibine (Иван Яковлевич Билибин 1876-1942) was a painter and illustrator from St Petersburg. Student of the painter Repine, he studied art and worked for two years with him before travelling to Europe. Back to Russia, he founded with Leon Bakst the group Mir Iskousstva (Мир Искусства “The World of Art”), an artistic movement enhancing encounters between artists and writers. From then on, he threw himself

Expédition de l'approvisionnement des papiers d'État, Saint-Pétersbourg 1901, 26 x 33 cm, stapled
First edition and first print of 8 drawings, 3 of them full page from Ivan Bilibine.
Pleasant and rare copy in this condition.

Ivan Yakovlevitch Bilibine (Иван Яковлевич Билибин 1876-1942) was a painter and illustrator from St Petersburg. Student of the painter Repine, he studied art and worked for two years with him before travelling to Europe. Back to Russia, he founded with Leon Bakst the group Mir Iskousstva (Мир Искусства “The World of Art”), an artistic movement enhancing encounters between artists and writers. From then on, he threw himself into the artistic a