RUSSIAN SOVIET ARTISTS KUKRYNIKSY REFERENCE BOOK Start Price USD 49.00 Current Price USD 49.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, September 17, 2008 End Time Friday, October 31, 2008 Location New Hope, PA See more about 'RUSSIAN SOVIET ARTISTS KUKRYNIKSY REFERENCE BOOK' Description <> <>RUSSIAN SOVIET ARTISTS KUKRYNIKSY REFERENCE BOOK. Printed in Moscow in 1975. Hard bound. Russian text. 290 pages illustrated in b/w. Very good condition.Kukryniksy were three caricaturists/cartoonists in the USSR with a recognizable style.It was a collective name derived from the combined names of three caricaturists (Mikhail Kupriyanov, Porfiri Krylov, and Nikolai Sokolov, who had met in VKhUTEMAS, a Moscow art school, in the early 1920s. They started drawing caricatures under the joint signature since 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 Hitler, Mussolini, Himmler, Goebbels, and Franco. During the Great Patriotic War they established the TASS Windows for political cartoons and posters.They also illustrated a number of books, including Ilf and Petrov's. Kukrynuksy are also authors of Socialist Realism-style paintings with historical, political and propaganda topics.As individuals, they are known as landscape and portrait artists.All three were awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR (1958). They were also recipients of other awards. Buyer please adds $5.00 for FEDEX shipping within US.We accept any credit cards, checks and money orders, Paypal, , bank transfers. PA residents please add sales tax. Please see my other auctions for more Russian collectibles. Thank You. Created by eBay Blackthorne ver. 3.2.135.0 Place a Bid!