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BOX WITH A SCENE FROM "RUSLAN AND LUDMILA"

Creator(s): Mikhail Pavlovich Kuvshinov (Artist)

Currently in storage


About this object

Outside is lacquered black. On cover is a scene from Aleksandr Pushkin's "Ruslan and Ludmila" generally referred to as "Ruslan and the Head." The figures are rendered in brilliant colors with a head of Rus at left and Ruslan in armor on a spirited horse at right.

Object name:
BOX WITH A SCENE FROM "RUSLAN AND LUDMILA"
Made from:
Lacquer -- papier-mâché -- tempera
Made in:
RUSSIA: Palekh (formerly USSR: Palekh)
Date made:
1969
Size:
4.4 x 14.9 x 9.8 cm (1 3/4 x 5 7/8 x 3 7/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
35.34
Class:
LACQUER
Signature marks:
MARK [Cyrillic] 3880 Palekh Written in gilt letters on cover, lower left. 3880 is probably a design number. SIGNATURE; DATE [Cyrillic] Kuvshinov. 69g. Written in gilt on cover, lower right.
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973