Chmury (2 results)

Condition: Good. One of 1200 unnumbered copies. Plates by Anatol Petrizky, text by B. Chmury. Text in Russian and German text. Folio, 347 x 261 mm. 26 pp., 26 full-page mounted color lithographs, many with gold or silver metallic inks, and 25 mounted full-page black & white plates;plates 15-16, 37-38, 43-44 are missing. All mounted on grey card; with tissue guards removed. Superb costume designs and stage sets for ballets and operas in Constructivist style reminiscent of the decorativeness of Bakst's work and Alexander Exter's stylization: Exzentrischer Tanz staged by K. Goleisovsky (4 plates); Präludium von Skrjabin by L. Lukin (1 plate); the ballet Nur und Anitra by M. Mordkin (4 plates); the comedy "Wij," Herr Chorunschij by H. Jura (9 plates); the operas Der Jahrmarkt von Ssorotschinzi (7 plates), Wilhelm Tell (6 plates), and Fürst Igor (8 plates) and the ballets Der rote Mohn (5 plates) and Der Korsar (8 plates) by the Staatsoper. Charkiw; the opera Turandott by Lui Laber (4 plates) for a total of 56. Very good in wraps, with some spine slanting, some fraying to edges, bumped and torn spine ends; interior clean. Additonal keyword(s): William Tell, Turandot, The Corsairs, Prince Igor.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Library binding w/ minimal ex-lib. marks. One of 1500 unnumbered copies printed by the State Publishing House of Ukraine under the management of Ya. V. Rudensky. Features 57 mounted lithographs: 28 full color plates (in addition to frontis plate) and 28 black & white plates with tissue guards between. Frontis plate loose, but for one corner still mounted. Minor soiling to gutter of first 8 pages.