Description

This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in RUSSIAN only. "Kukryniksy" was a collective pen name derived from the combined names of three caricaturists: Mikhail Kupriyanov, Porfiri Krylov, and Nikolai Sokolov who had met at VKhUTEMAS, a Moscow art school, in the early 1920s. The three began drawing caricatures under the joint signature in 1924.They became nationally famous in the 1930s after the rise of fascism, drawing for Krokodil, the Moscow satirical paper. They received international recognition for their attacks on Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels, and Francisco Franco. During the second world war they established the TASS Windows for political cartoons and posters. This volume covers their cartoons from 1941 through 1945, with a section for each year. Illustrated in color and black & white with 237 plates + 15 black & white photographs of the artists and colleagues, etc. Checklist of the illustrations with technical information: media, dates, some commentary. 13" high X 10" wide, 318 pages. Large heavy book foreign postage will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.

Edizione: 2nd edition. revised.