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Figure 1.Cover design and interior storyboards by Vladimir Lebedev for Mnogotochie [Ellipsis, 1926]. Art © estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, 2017
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Figure 2.Cover design by Alexandre Benois for Azbuka v kartinakh [Alphabet in Pictures, 1904]. Art © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 3.Illustration by Alexandre Benois for Alphabet in Pictures. Art © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 4.Illustration by Alexandre Benois for Alphabet in Pictures. Art © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 5.Illustration by Alexandre Benois for Alphabet in Pictures. Art © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 6.Illustration by Alexandre Benois for Alphabet in Pictures. Art © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 7.Title page by Alexandre Benois for Alphabet in Pictures. Art © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 8.Illustration by Alexandre Benois for Alphabet in Pictures. Art © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 9.Cover design by Vladimir Lebedev for Yolka [Christmas Tree, 1918] Art © estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 10.Illustration by Alexandre Benois for Yolka [Christmas Tree, 1918. Art © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 11.Cover Design and Illustration by Vladimir Lebedev for Slonenok [The Elephant’s Child, 1922]. Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 12.Dedication page by el lissitsky for pro dva kvadrata [About Two Squares, 1922]. © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Art © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New YorkCotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 13.Cover design and Illustration by Vladimir Lebedev for Azbuka [Alphabet, 1925]. Art © state of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 14.Cover design by Vladimir Lebedev for Prikliucheniia Chuch-lo [The Adventures of Scare-Crow, 1922]. Art © estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 15.Text by Vladimir Lebedev for The Adventures of Scare-Crow. Art © state of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 16.Illustration by Vladimir Lebedev for The Adventures of Scare-Crow. Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 17.Illustration by Vladimir Lebedev for Zolotoe iaichko [The Golden Egg, 1923]. Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York
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Figure 18.Illustration by Vladimir Lebedev for Okhota [The Hunt, 1925]. Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York
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Figure 19.Illustration by Vladimir Lebedev for Okhota [The Hunt, 1925]. Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York
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Figure 20.Cover design by Boris Ender for Dva Tramvaia [Two Tramcars, 1925]
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Figure 21.Illustration by Boris Ender for Two Tramcars
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Figure 22.Illustration by Boris Ender for Two Tramcars
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Figure 23.Illustration by Boris Ender for Two Tramcars
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Figure 24.Cover Design Storyboard by Vladimir Lebedev for Mnogotochie [Ellipsis, 1926] (unpublished) Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. © state Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, 2017
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Figure 25.Illustration by Nikolay Denisovsky for Vladimir Mayakovsky’s Chto takoe khorosho i chto takoe plokho? [What is Good and What is Bad?, 1925]. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 26.Illustration by Nikolay Kupreyanov for Vladimir Mayakovsky’s Skazka o Pete tolstom rebenke i o Sime, kotoryi tonkii [The Story about Peter, the Fat Child, and about Simon, who is Thin, 1925]. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 27.Cover Design and Illustration by Vladimir Lebedev for Samuil Marshak’s Morozhenoe [Ice Cream, 1925]. Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 28.Illustrations by Vladimir Lebedev for Samuil Marshak’s Ice Cream Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 29.Interior Page Storyboard by Vladimir Lebedev for Ellipsis Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, 2017
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Figure 30.Illustration by Vladimir Lebedev for Samuil Marshak’s Znaki prepinaniia [Punctuation Marks, 1928]. Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 31.Illustration by Vladimir Lebedev for Samuil Marshak’s Punctuation Marks. Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 32.Illustration by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky for Yury Olesha’s Tri tolstiaka [Three Fat Men]. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 33.Cover design by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky for Yury Olesha’s Three Fat Men. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 34.Illustration by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky for Yury Olesha’s Three Fat Men. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 35.Illustration by Vladimir Lebedev for The Adventures of Scare-Crow. Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 36.Illustration by Vladimir Lebedev for The Adventures of Scare-Crow. Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 37.Illustration by Vladimir Lebedev for Samuil Marshak’s Tsirk [Circus, 1925]. Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 38.Illustration by Vladimir Lebedev for Samuil Marshak’s Circus. Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 39.Illustration by Vladimir Lebedev for Samuil Marshak’s Circus. Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 40.Illustration by Vladimir Lebedev for Samuil Marshak’s Mister Tvister [Mister Twister, 1933]. Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 41.Illustration by Vladimir Lebedev for Samuil Marshak’s Mister Twister. Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 42.Cover design by Vladimir Lebedev for Samuil Marshak’s Mister Twister. Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 43.Title Page Illustration by Mstislav Dobuzhinsky for Osip Mandelstam’s Primus [Primus, 1925]
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Figure 44.Illustration by Nikolay Tyrsa for Viktor Shklovsky’s “Straus” [“Ostrich,” 1928]. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 45.Illustration by Nikolay Tyrsa for Viktor Shklovsky’s Nandu II [Nandu II, 1928]
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Figure 46.Cover design by Tatyana Lebedeva for Viktor Shklovsky’s A Story about Shadows. Art © Estate of Tatjana Lebedeva-Mavrina/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York
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Figure 47.Doublespreads by Tatyana Lebedeva for Viktor Shklovsky’s A Story about Shadows. Art © Estate of Tatjana Lebedeva-Mavrina/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York
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Figure 48.Cover design by Bоris Pokrovsky for Vladimir Mayakovsky’s Eta knizhechka moia pro moria i pro maiak [This is My Book about the Seas and about a Lighthouse, 1927]
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Figure 49.Cover design by Kirill Zdanevich for Vladimir Mayakovsky’s Chto ni stranitsa, to slon to l’vitsa [Not a Page without an Elephant or a Lioness, 1928]. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 50.Illustration by Kirill Zdanevich for Vladimir Mayakovsky’s Not a Page without an Elephant or a Lioness. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 51.Doublespread by Kirill Zdanevich for Vladimir Mayakovsky’s Not a Page without an Elephant or a Lioness. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 52.Cover design by Eduard Krimmer for Daniil Kharms’s O tom kak starushka chernila pokupala [About How an Old Lady Went Shopping for Ink, 1929]
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Figure 53.Illustration by Eduard Krimmer for Daniil Kharms’s About How an Old Lady Went Shopping for Ink (1929)
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Figure 54.Cover design by Vladimir Lebedev for Samuil Marshak’s Vchera i segodnia [Yesterday and Today, 1935]. Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 55.Illustrations by Vladimir Lebedev for Samuil Marshak’s Yesterday and Today (1925 and 1935). Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 56.Cover design by Vladimir Lebedev for Samuil Marshak’s Bagazh [Baggage, 1931]. Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 57.Illustrations by Vladimir Lebedev for Samuil Marshak’s Baggage (1931). Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 58.Illustrations by Vladimir Lebedev for Samuil Marshak’s Baggage (1931 and 1935). Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 59.Illustrations by Vladimir Lebedev for Samuil Marshak’s Baggage (1935). Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 60.Cover design by Vladimir Lebedev for Samuil Marshak’s Mister Twister (1933 and 1937). Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 61.Illustrations by Vladimir Lebedev for Samuil Marshak’s Mister Twister (1933). Art © Estate of Vladimir Lebedev/RAO, Moscow/VAGA, New York. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 62.Cover design by Mikhail Tsekhanovsky for Samuil Marshak’s Pochta [The Mail, 1932 and 1937]. Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 63.Illustrations by Mikhail Tsekhanovsky for Samuil Marshak’s The Mail (1932 and 1937). Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 64.Illustrations by Mikhail Tsekhanovsky for Samuil Marshak’s The Mail (1932 and 1937). Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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Figure 65.Illustrations by Mikhail Tsekhanovsky for Samuil Marshak’s The Mail (1932 and 1937). Cotsen Children’s Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library
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