Bidspirit auction | Palekh 10 Orig. lacquer Miniature

Palekh 10 Orig. lacquer Miniature by I. Golikov in the Book “Slovo o Polku Igoreve” Academia, 1934, ex. 1/3300 - Palekh 10 Orig. lacquer Miniature by I. Golikov in the Book “Slovo o Polku Igoreve” Academia, 1934, ex. 1/3300 The Tale of Igor's Campaign, Igor Svyatoslavl, the grandson of Olgov / Old Russian text prepared for the press V. Rzhiga and S. Chambinago, written and illustrated by the Palekh master I.Golikov. Moscow, Academia, 1934. - 52 pp. Il pp.; 43 x 29.4 cm. - 3300 copies. Frontispiece and ten color illustrations (here 8, 2 are missing - 2nd and 9th) under a varnish in a sheet, colored with golden interspersed The plot-growing force, an ornamented title sheet, screensaver, The ends and initials of the outstanding Palekh master of varnish miniatures, hereditary icon painter I. Golikov. The font is stylized for handwritten half -steam. Artistic edition, model of publication and general observation of M.P. Sokolnikov. In composite publishing binding: Color's covers Illustrated inserts under the varnish according to the drawings of I. Golikov. Silk liesse. Without a case. Golikov created illustrations for the ”Word about Igor's regiment ”for two years. The printing of the book wasimplemented by the printing house of Goznak and fully responded of the artist’s plan. Luxurious Artistic publication recognized as a masterpiece of book art. The preservation of the drawings in the surviving copies is poor, Since all the illustrations were covered with experimental varnish. As a result, the colors do not match the original and have a dull “rusty” appearance. Wear, rubbing, scratches to cover. Edges of cover badly chipped Small dents to rear cover Yellow till brown paper Some use wear, soiling stains (finger prints to edges) WEIGHT: 1570 gr. The book contains 10 miniatures: 1) image of Bayan, Igor and Yaroslavna; 2) Igor's meeting with Vsevolod - absent; 3) an eclipse of the sun; 4) campaign; 5) battle; 6) the captivity of Igor; 7) Svyatoslav tells the boyars about his dream; 8) ”Zlato Word” Svyatoslav; 9) crying Yaroslavna - absent; 10) Igor's flight from captivity. The binding is decorated as the surface of the Palekh box: in the center in the form of a medallion, an image of the battle of warriors on horses, Ivan Ivanovich Golikov (January 8, 1887 (December 27, 1886)-March 30, 1937)-Russian miniature artist, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1935), direct initiator and The founder of the artel of the ancient painting of Palekh December 4-5, 1924 Ivan Golikov Born in Moscow in the family of a hereditary icon painter with a three-century artistic The continuity of Ivan Mikhailovich Golikov. When he was 7 years old She moved to Paleh, fleeing the terrible hunger, which began in Moscow. AT the ten years of age, he was given to the training of the icon -painting case in The well -known workshop of the Safonov brothers in Palech. In 1900, having learned the techniques of a good letter, Ivan Golikov went to Petersburg, and then in Moscow for work in icon -painting workshops. Father died when Ivan It turned 14 years old, he remained the eldest in the family. The young man had to work, not Loking hands - he was engaged in restoration painting, painting of churches and monasteries. His specialization was a good The letter, that is, the artist wrote on the icons of clothes. I painted the church Svyatoozersky monastery from the workshop of M. L. Parilov in 1907 and the Church in Kazan. Left the grains of his work in the Novodevichy Monastery, granuted The ward, in Moscow and St. Petersburg temples. Working in St. Petersburg, he is some Time attended the drawing classes of the school of Baron Stieglits. In 1907-11, Ivan Golikov passed military Service, in 1911-14 he worked in the workshop of N. M. Safonov in Palekh, And he painted the church in Kazan. In 1914-17 he went to the front of the First World War The war consisting of the 27th Siberian regiment, and was shell -shocked. After the First World War and the Revolution 1917 For years, the artist begins his independent creative searches. For some time he works as a theater artist in Shua, Kineshma, Ivanovo-Voznesensk and Kostroma, Creating the scenery for the performances “Forest”, “Thunderstorm”, “Snow Maiden”, “Boris Godunov”, “Russian Wedding ”and“ The doctor involuntarily ”. In 1921, he created his first miniature-painted a casket from papier-masha, and showed it to the leadership Brush museum. In 1922, working in the artist's workshop A. A. Glazunova, Ivan Golikov created a number of murals on papier-mash, outlining the main features of the new art, And becoming, in fact, his founding father. By this time, the master was able to organically synthesize the features of three icon -painting schools - Palekh, Stroganovskaya And Yaroslavl. The manner of the artist was interested in a number of art historians, among which was his distant relative A.V. Bakushinsky, who provided assistance in organizing artels for the production of painted caskets from papier mache.