Masiutin (8 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. W. Masiutin (illustrator). Quarter cloth with patterned paper-covered boards, gilt title, paper label, woodcut frontis. Illustrated with woodcut plates and vignettes by Masiutin. pp. 95, text in German. board edges rubbed, else a clean, tight copy. Size: Tall Octavo.

Condition: Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original patterned paper-covered boards, gilt title, paper label. Quarto 10'' x 8''. Contains 96 printed pages of German text with monochrome illustrated woodcut plates [some full-page] and vignettes by W. Masiutin. Rubbing to the cover edges and in Good clean condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. ILLUSTRATED (Picture Book).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Later green cloth, lettering stamped in white on spine; pp. [323], [5] (ads), with 8 drawings by the author. Includes the half-title, but not the original endpapers. Translated from Russian into German by Gustav Specht. Corners and spine tips gently bumped; text slightly rolled, with upper board extending about 1.8" beyond lower. Nice woodcut-illustrated bookplate on front paste-down; contemporary ownership signatures on half-title (in Russian). An early Russian sci-fi novel, illustrated by Massjutin (Masiutin), who emigrated to Berlin in 1921 and illustrated German translations of Pushkin, Tolstoy, Blok, and many more. Besides book illustration he also created commercial art (logos, labels, posters), he published theoretical and critical works on illustration and on major graphic artists (Toulouse-Lautre, Thomas Bewick, etc.), and he worked for the theater. In 1945, he was accused of cooperation with Ukrainian nationalists and arrested by the Soviet occupation authorities, and put in Saxenhausen camp for over a year. After this "loyalty test," he earned some big commissions in the late 1940s: a monument to Glinka in Berlin's Russian cemetery, and sculptural decoration of the Soviet embassy.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Original illustrated wraps (in Futurist style, printed in black and blue, showing an engraver at work); pp. 134, and richly illustrated throughout. Covers rubbed along the edges; spine tips lightly chipped; some very light foxing.

Moscow: 1920. Quarto (24.7 × 15.5 cm). Original printed wrappers; 52 pp., [23] leaves of plates. About very good; front wrapper lightly stained and with nick to the right edge; one leaf loosened. Attractively produced catalog of engravings by the Russian artist Vasilii N. Masiutin (1884-1955), whose work blended symbolism, the grotesque, and even surrealism, and who was occasionally referred to as the Russian Goya. He was active in a range of media, including lithograph and woodcut, as well as producing original drawings and paintings. After 1921, he emigrated and settled in Berlin, where he collaborated with numerous Russian emigre publishers, such as "Neva" and "Gelikon." A brief autobiographical text is followed by an essay on Masiutin's work, followed by a detailed catalog of Masiutin's etchings created between 1908 and 1920, as well as a bibliography on the artist by V. Adariukov. With numerous reproductions on coated stock. One of 1500 copies, this one being no. 15 out of the limited print run of 600 copies, which features the original woodcut self-portrait of the artist.

Berlin: Franz Schneider Verlag, [1924]. Small quarto (26.5 × 18.5 cm). Original gilt-ruled half calf; marbled paper-covered boards; top edge gilt; 123, [1] pp. Printed on thick wove paper, with six full-page original etchings and three vignettes, the former signed in pencil by the artist. With Masjutin's additional signature on the colophon. Bookplate of the distinguished collector, Martin Winkler. Boards and extremities lightly rubbed; some foxing to gutter of front and final free end paper. Limited bibliophile edition of Tolstoy's 1900 play "The Living Corpse," with six large signed etchings by Vasilii N. Masiutin (1884-1955, also Masjutin). Masiutin's work blended symbolism, the grotesque, and even surrealism, and he was occasionally referred to as the Russian Goya in his earlier phase. He was active in a range of media, including lithograph and woodcut, as well as producing original drawings and paintings. After 1921, he emigrated and settled in Berlin, where he collaborated with numerous Russian emigre publishers, such as "Neva" and "Gelikon," as well as illustrating many German translations of Russian classics. This is copy 197 of 200 copies published, with Masiutin's signature beneath the colophon. No additional editions were issued and the illustrations were evidently never reprinted. From the private collection of noted German scholar and icon collector Martin E. Winkler (1893-1982). Outside Germany, KVK and OCLC only locate a single copy, at Occidental College Library (Los Angeles).

LeatheBound. Condition: New. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1922 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 146 Language: Russian Pages: 146.

Various places, see detailed description below for details. 1. Masiutin, Vasilii N. (Masjutin, Masyutin, 1884-1955). [Original ink sketch, a study of historical figures. [Berlin?]: ca. 1930. Study of historical figures and faces, ink on paper, 26.5 × 19.5 cm, ca. 1930. With the estate stamp of Masiutin to lower right. Old horizontal crease; lower edge lightly worn; else about very good. Original study of various Russian historical figures and their faces, accompanied by text in Latin and Russian. Among the identifiable persons are Count Andrei Ia. Bezborodko (1711-1780) and Count Petr Rumiantsev (1725-1797). From the artist's estate, with his stamp. Vasilii N. Masiutin (1884-1955, also Masjutin), whose work blended symbolism, the grotesque, and even surrealism, was occasionally referred to as the Russian Goya. He was active in a range of media, including lithograph and woodcut, as well as producing original drawings and paintings. After 1921, he emigrated and settled in Berlin, where he collaborated with numerous Russian emigre publishers, such as "Neva" and "Gelikon," as well as illustrating many German translations of Russian classics. 2. Masiutin, Vasilii N. (Masjutin, Masyutin, 1884-1955). Original ink sketch (a study of historical figures and facial expressions). ca. 1920. [Riga?]: ca. 1920. Study of various figures and faces, black ink on paper, 21 × 17 cm, ca. 1920 or shortly thereafter. With the estate stamp of Masiutin to lower right and upper left of verso. Closed hole; Light wear to edges; matted using adhesive tape; else about very good. Original ink sketch of various figures and faces, quite likely from Masiutin's earlier phase, before his poor eyesight led him to focus largely on the woodcut media. The images have a phantasmagoric quality similar to his early etchings. Vasilii N. Masiutin (1884-1955, also Masjutin), whose work blended symbolism, the grotesque, and even surrealism, was occasionally referred to as the Russian Goya. He was active in a range of media, including lithograph and woodcut, as well as producing original drawings and paintings. After 1921, he emigrated and settled in Berlin, where he collaborated with numerous Russian emigre publishers, such as "Neva" and "Gelikon," as well as illustrating many German translations of Russian classics. 3. Masiutin, Vasilii N. (Masjutin, Masyutin, 1884-1955). Original ink sketch. [Riga?]: ca. 1920. Study of various figures and faces, ink on paper, 21 × 17 cm, ca. 1920 (paper with watermark of a Riga papermill). With the estate stamp of Masiutin to lower right. Light wear to edges; matted using adhesive tape; else about very good. Original ink sketch of various figures and faces, quite likely from Masiutin's earlier phase, before his poor eyesight led him to focus largely on the woodcut media. The image has a phantasmagoric quality similar to his early etchings. Vasilii N. Masiutin (1884-1955, also Masjutin), whose work blended symbolism, the grotesque, and even surrealism, was occasionally referred to as the Russian Goya. He was active in a range of media, including lithograph and woodcut, as well as producing original drawings and paintings. After 1921, he emigrated and settled in Berlin, where he collaborated with numerous Russian emigre publishers, such as "Neva" and "Gelikon," as well as illustrating many German translations of Russian classics. 4. Masiutin, Vasilii N. (Masjutin, Masyutin, 1884-1955). Two original costume studies in pencil and watercolors, signed. ca. 1930. [Berlin]: ca. 1930. Two fine original watercolor and pencil drawings, on card stock, measuring 13 × 8.5 cm, tipped to black colored paper. Both drawings with Masiutin's estate stamp, one additionally signed in pencil and dated "193?" (illegible). Very good. Two original watercolor drawings by the Russian artist Vasilii Masiutin, most likely produced during the 1930s, when Masiutin occasionally designed costumes and sets for theatre performances in his Berlin exile. Masiutin (1884-1955, also Masjutin), whose early work blended symbolism, the grotesque, and even surrealism, was occasionally referred to as the Russian Goya. He was active in a range of media, including lithograph and woodcut, as well as producing original drawings and paintings. After 1921, he emigrated and settled in Berlin, where he collaborated with numerous Russian emigre publishers, such as "Neva" and "Gelikon," as well as illustrating many German translations of Russian classics. While largely unknown in Russia until recently, he is now being rediscovered an increasingly the subject of exhibitions and publications. 5. Masiutin, Vasilii N. (Masjutin, Masyutin, 1884-1955). Original decorative woodcut print. [Berlin?]: ca. 1930. Original woodcut print in red, on fine laid paper, 21.5 × 15.5 cm. With the estate stamp of Masiutin to lower left. Matted using adhesive tape in paper folder; very good. Original early woodcut print, mostly likely produced during Masiutin's life in exile in Berlin. Due to his worsening eyesight, he increasingly focused his efforts on the woodcut media in the 1920s. Vasilii N. Masiutin (1884-1955, also Masjutin), whose work blended symbolism, the grotesque, and even surrealism, was occasionally referred to as the Russian Goya. He was active in a range of media, including lithograph and woodcut, as well as producing original drawings and paintings. After 1921, he emigrated and settled in Berlin, where he collaborated with numerous Russian emigre publishers, such as "Neva" and "Gelikon," as well as illustrating many German translations of Russian classics. While largely unknown in Russia until recently, he is now being rediscovered an increasingly the subject of exhibitions and publications. From Masiutin's estate, with the ink stamp of his signature. 6. Masiutin, Vasilii N. (Masjutin, Masyutin, 1884-1955). Original decorative woodcut print. [Berlin?]: ca. 1930. Original woodcut print in red, on fine laid paper, 21 × 15 cm. With the estate stamp of Masiutin.