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[Russian picture sheets known as Lubok with a wide variety of themes], [between 1850 and 1904]
Call No: LOT 15447 (H) (OH) (OSE)
Extent: 206 prints : lithographs, woodcuts ; sheets 75 x 91 cm or smaller.
Collector's Category: Lubok - Russische Bilderbogen
Includes popular Russian illustrations, stories, and events. These folk art prints depict religious scenes, cartoons, satires, soldiers, battle scenes, mythology, and images of such everyday 19th century Russian life as village scenes, traveling, hunting, domestic, and agrarian activities. Highlights include prints of the Bombardment of the Solovetsky Monastery in the White Sea by the Royal Navy, the Crimean War, and maps of the Russian countryside. Prints contain a few duplicates of black-and-white illustrations that have been hand colored.
[A soldier wearing a suit of mail and brandishing a sword and lance rides towards a Centaur who also holds a sword and lance], 1889
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 1 (H)
Location: Moscow
Note(s): Variant uncolored impression with imprint LOT 15447, no. 3.
[Soldier holding a shield and broad sword on the back of a three-headed dragon that has already been behaded twice, facing toward a group of women who stand outside the gates of a castle gesturing toward it
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 2 (H)
Note(s): Colored impression LOT 15447, no. 5. Inscribed on verso: Le glorieux, le fort, le brave chevalier Erouscan Lazare hatch? Fils de Lazare chevauche un monstre.
[Soldier in armour with plumed helmet spears his lance into the belly of a Centaur who has raised a wooden club over his head]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 3 (H)
Note(s): Variant impression LOT 15447, no. 1.
[Man riding a horse shoots an arrow toward a man in a tree]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 4 (H)
Note(s): Inscribed on verso: Le courageux Bogatyr.
[Soldier holding a shield and broad sword on the back of a two-headed dragon that has lost it's third head, facing toward a group of women who stand outside the gates of a castle gesturing toward it - painted very roughly in lavendar, green, red, and yellow], 1875
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 5 (H)
Location: [Moscow]
Note(s): Uncolored impression LOT 15447, no. 2.
[Four images of confrontation with mythical beasts, including a dragon with three heads and a Centaur], [1894]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 6 (H)
Note(s): For the best hand-colored impression, see LOT 15447, no. 9. For a hand-colored impression with imprint, see LOT 15447, no. 8.
[Four scenes of winged saints on horseback. Hand-painted in green, yellow and purples.], 1882
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 7 (H)
[Four images of confrontation with mythical beasts, including a dragon with three heads and a Centaur], 1894
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 8 (H)
Note(s): For a better hand-colored impression, see LOT 15447, no. 9. For an uncolored impression, see LOT 15447, no. 6.
[Four images of confrontation with mythical beasts, including a dragon with three heads and a Centaur], [1894]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 9 (H)
Note(s): No impression line. Duplicate impression LOT 15447, no. 8.
[Coronation of a queen in a cathedral. Painted roughly in lavendar, blue, red, purple, yellow and green], 1875
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 10 (H)
Location: Moscow
Note(s): Inscribed on verso: Pierre le Grand coronne Catherine 1er.
[Interior scene, perhaps of storytelling, in which a man stands and grimaces with his arms open, while two people sitting on a bench clutch each other, a man seen from behind reacts with surprise, and a woman leaning over the back of a chair seems nonplussed]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 11 (H)
[Interior scene with a woman combing and spinning thread, and a man and a child weave straw, a kitten plays with a ball of yarn on the floor, a bird cracks open an egg, and two rabbits rest near a rose under a plate rack]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 12 (H)
[Two scenes: a young couple tilts their chairs together to kiss and a man beats a barefoot man while a woman watches, her hands clasped]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 13 (H)
[Interior scene as the men gesture toward a young man at the center of a group of seated people and the women gesture toward each other; and elderly man and woman sit behind a table and a well-dressed man and woman, perhaps recently married, approach them on foot]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 14 (H)
Note(s): Inscribed on verso: La nouvelle mariee mal accueillie dans sa nouvelle famille.
[Interior scene, possibly a wedding with a bride and groom standing behind a table at the right, in which the central figure stands holding a glass. People stand and sit around the periphery of the room, which is decorated simply with religious images. Children watch from a loft bed near a chimney. Painted roughly in blue, purple, red, yellow and green], 1874
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 15 (H)
Location: Moscow
Note(s): Inscribed on verso: Noces paysannes Russes.
[Four scenes of domestic life, including a man and woman who appear to dig under their floorboards for stored food or money]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 16 (H)
[Three images of simple, perhaps monastic, life of a man with a long beard and simple clothing]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 17 (H)
[Two scenes, at the left a young family sits and stands around a table while a man uses an abacus, while at the right four men steal bolts of cloth from a store that is nearly empty]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 18 (H)
[Three men stand facing two men seated at a table. One of the standing men, perhaps Jewish, is wearing an overcoat that is patched and tied at the waist with a rope with a long beard and wears a yamulka?]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 19 (H)
[Peasant sitting on a half barrel at a table holding a ham and loaf of bread with a table loaded with food]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 20 (H)
[Young woman gathered in a circle holding hands while men and woman stand at either side]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 21 (H)
[A man stands alone, at right, looking at two women outside and a man staring through a window at left. In between then a group of men and woman dance in a circle to a musician playing an instrument that looks like a clarinet], 1894
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 22 (H)
Note(s): Hand-colored impression with imprint. For uncolored impression without imprint see LOT 15447, no. 23. Stamp on verso of this impression.
[A man stands alone, at right, looking at two women outside and a man staring through a window at left. In between then a group of men and woman dance in a circle to a musician playing an instrument that looks like a clarinet], [1894]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 23 (H)
Note(s): Uncolored impression, for hand-colored impression with imprint, see LOT 15447, no. 22.
Festival scene in which a woman, seated in a tent at right, makes garlands, while other women hold them, and one prepares to put a garland on a man's head. An accordian player stands at left]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 24 (H)
[Two men and a woman dance while surrounded by villagers playing and musicians playing a tambourine, flute and dulcimer while another figure watches from a window]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 25 (H)
[A man playing a flute stands beside a woman holding items gathered into a cloth upraised in one hand and her apron in the other]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 26 (H)
[A man and a woman dance in the center of a gathered crowd, musicians play at right, a dacha is visible at left]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 27 (H)
[A man dances with his hat in the air next to a woman who holds a bundle in a cloth, while a musician sitting on a bench plays to their left and two couples stand nearby watching. There are two houses connected behind them], 1894
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 28 (H)
Note(s): For uncolored impression without imprint line, see LOT 15447, no. 29.
[A man dances with his hat in the air next to a woman who holds a bundle in a cloth, while a musician sitting on a bench plays to their left and two couples stand nearby watching. There are two houses connected behind them], [1894]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 29 (H)
Note(s): For hand-colored impression with imprint, see LOT 15447, no. 28.
[A woman uses a small branch to tend to geese in a pond near a village with a windmill]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 30 (H)
[Man riding sleigh loaded with a wrapped bundle passes two dachas cut away to reveal a man sleeping next to a chimney and a group gathered around a table]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 31 (H)
Note(s): Inscribed on verso: Le Domovoi ou Petit Diable Domestique.
[Man sitting on sleigh pulled by a woman near a man dancing with a goat that is on two legs near a man playing a pipe while others watch]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 32 (H)
[Sleigh pulling a small party of people past three small dachas outside a village]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 33 (H)
[A man in a tall hat and long coat puts his hands on the shoulder and wrist of a woman outside a door]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 34 (H)
[Four men in a wooded area brandish their swords at an unarmed man wearing a fur-lined coat]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 35 (H)
[Troyka - scene in which a woman riding on a cart from which she steers three horses that have human heads toward a cannon and soldiers guarding a castle, while behind her other troops watch. A goose flies in the air with lines toward an eel and a lobster-like creature and pulling a wagon bearing standards that include the Turkish flag]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 36 (H)
[Man smoking a hookah sits on a carpet under a palm tree while a woman stands nearby with her arms crossed over her chest flanked by two bearded men with lances, one holding the reins of a camel]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 37 (H)
[Balance in which one person outweighs soldiers who desparately attempt to tip the balance]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 38 (H)
[Fire scene in which a soldier rescues two small children from a house that has burst into flames while another child looks over her mother's shoulder as she reaches out for them]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 39 (H)
[Three men in a sleigh use whips to urge on three women who pull it across ice]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 40 (H)
[Two men wearing mittens or gloves fistfight in a public square while others watch from a distance]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 41 (H)
[Three men wearing tall fur hats, one carrying a package that is labeled, another reacts to a bull, while the central person walks facing left]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 42 (H)
[Soldier in armour with plumed helmet holding a birdcage rides a wild beast next to a woman riding sidesaddle on a horse]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 43 (H)
Note(s): Inscribed on verso: Le fort et gaillant Tzaren Tchiuan... emenant la belle Helene.
[Two men in a sleigh gesture toward a woman who has fallen out, revealing her underskirts and legs while a passing villager reacts to the scene]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 44 (H)
[A pack of wolves attacks three horses pulling a sleigh through a wooded area, the woman clutches the man in fear while the driver whips his horses onward]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 45 (H)
Note(s): Inscribed on verso: Les loups carnassiers attaquent les voyageurs.
[A man sits in a carriage with a driver who urges three white horses toward a woman who stands in a doorway holding an upraised handkerchief]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 46 (H)
[Two women pull each other's hair in a village, while two men, one dropping his hammer in surprise, watch]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 47 (H)
[Village scene showing groups of people walking along a path in a park as a stream engine pulls a train out of a station]
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 48 (H)
[Two women sit on a bench outside a house, the older one reading the palm of the younger, while a man rides by in a carriage], 1889
Call No: LOT 15447, no. 49 (H)
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