[Russian avant-garde] Three items: (1) Michael Larionov. Grand Bal des Artistes.

Travesti transmental vendredi 23 fevrier 1923. Au profit de la caisse de secours mutuel de l'Union des Artistes Russes, Bullier 31, avenue de l'Observatoire. Admission ticket after design by Larionov, in letterpress and woodcut/ linocut in brown and orange, 22.5 x 27.5 cm., with stamped number and price [15, we also encountered copies with price 25].

Tanned as usual; minimal chip to top margin; (2) Bal Olympique/ Vrai Bal Sportif Costumé. Le vendredi 11 juillet 1924 (...) à la Taverne de l'Olympia 28 Bd. des Capucines (...). Organisé par l'Union des Artistes Russes à Paris. Letterpress programme printed on Normandy Vellum, (12) p. (incl. wrapper), with illustrations by/ after Barthe, Chatzman, Manet, Picasso, Vassilieff, Fotinsky (woodcut) and Granovsky (woodcut), original stapled wrapper, 29 x 24.5 cm. (wrapper sunned in margins, very good copy); (3) Bal de la Grande Ourse. Salle Bullier 31, avenue de l'Observatoire Vendredi 8 Mai 1925 (...). Organisé par l'Union des Artistes Russe à Paris. Letterpress programme/ poster on grey-green paper printed on both sides, 50 x 32.5 cm., with illustration by Larionov (folded as issued, very good copy). (total 3)