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FIODOR STEPANOVICH ROJANKOVSKY [ROJAN] (RUSSIAN 1891-1970)
Idylle Printaniere (Idylls of Spring) [Erotic Portflio]
c. 1930
31 hand colored lithographs including title page
each lithograph size: 27.5 x 18.7 cm (10 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.), each sheet size: 32.5 x 24.5 cm. (12 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
edition number 249 out of 310
LOT NOTES
The set is sold with the original publisher`s portfolio (335 x 265 mm). Each lithograph (excluding title page) encased in a fold-out window mount, as published.
Telling the story through illustrations of an erotic tryst between a man and a woman who meet at a metro station and swifty proceed to have sexual relations in a taxi, finishing at a maison de passe, Idylle Printaniere was a tour de force by Rojan, who was ironically otherwise very well known as a childrens book illustrator. This hors commerce edition of the book was limited to 310 copies. Very rare.
31 hand colored lithographs including title page
each lithograph size: 27.5 x 18.7 cm (10 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.), each sheet size: 32.5 x 24.5 cm. (12 7/8 x 9 5/8 in.)
edition number 249 out of 310
LOT NOTES
The set is sold with the original publisher`s portfolio (335 x 265 mm). Each lithograph (excluding title page) encased in a fold-out window mount, as published.
Telling the story through illustrations of an erotic tryst between a man and a woman who meet at a metro station and swifty proceed to have sexual relations in a taxi, finishing at a maison de passe, Idylle Printaniere was a tour de force by Rojan, who was ironically otherwise very well known as a childrens book illustrator. This hors commerce edition of the book was limited to 310 copies. Very rare.
Estimate: $3,000 – $3,500
Result: $3,500 (including premium)
