[Aleksandr Evgenʹevič ÂKOVLEV] Alexandre IACOVLEFF, Serge ELISSEEFF
Le Théâtre japonais (Kabuki)[The Japanese Theatre (Kabuki)]
Jules Meynial|1933|28.3 x 38.5 cm|Broché
First edition, printed in 500 numbered copies on Arches wove paper, adorned with 48 black illustrations within the text and 32 full-page plates after drawings by Iacovleff, printed in bistre and black. A superb album, produced under the direction of Jacques de Brunhoff with the collaboration of Sergueï Grigorievitch Elisseeff (1889–1975).
In 1917, the Russian painter Aleksander Evgenevitch Iacovleff (1887–1938) spent six months on the Japanese island of Izu Ōshima, following a stay in China. He would never return to Russia, where the Soviets seized power that same year, but emigrated to France, where he would pursue the rest of his career. He became the official painter of the Crois
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