Art of Book Illustration. In the Shadow of a Vanishing World. Three Etchings/Aquatints Evoking 19th-Century European and Russian Literary Traditions. XX C.
Art of Book Illustration. In the Shadow of a Vanishing World. Three Etchings/Aquatints Evoking 19th-Century European and Russian Literary Traditions. XX C.
Art of Book Illustration. In the Shadow of a Vanishing World. Three Etchings/Aquatints Evoking 19th-Century European and Russian Literary Traditions. XX C.
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Art of Book Illustration. In the Shadow of a Vanishing World. Three Etchings/Aquatints Evoking 19th-Century European and Russian Literary Traditions. XX C.

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Title: Three Illustrations in the Manner of 19th-Century European Society Fiction, with Nuances of the Russian Literary Tradition.
Dimensions: Image approx. 7 1/4" x 4 1/4'.  Sheet approx. 11" X 7 1/2".
Edition: Unnumbered; likely small private issue.
Date: c. 1920–1940.
Materials and Techniques: Etching and aquatint with hand-coloring (pochoir) on wove paper (deckle-edge).
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos, professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan (1965–2000)
Condition: Very good impression with full margins. Typical minor age toning; no significant defects. A detailed condition report is available on request.
Part of: A suite of three prints.
Museums, Libraries and Auctions: No identical impressions traced.
Art Movements, Periods, and Schools: European School, likely French; interwar period; stylistically referencing 19th-century literary illustration.
Note:
- The narrative motif — an aging gentleman attended by a loyal Black servant, a gathering at the household, and a subsequent nocturnal vigil — evokes sentimental-romantic themes known from 19th-century European society fiction, with a tone reminiscent of Russian literary culture.

- In certain bibliophile editions of the period, artists authenticated the suite by signing and numbering the half-title or limitation page rather than the individual plates. The absence of signatures or numbering on these impressions may therefore be consistent with such practice.