Krylov Series by Sovetsky Hudozhnik, 1977

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Krylov Series by Sovetsky Hudozhnik, 1977

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At first, I found "Elephant and Pug." Just a month later, I found two more numbered members of this series. Do all in the series represent Krylov? The cards in this series are all numbered, besides their other numberings, "2124281." Let us see how many more I can find!



1977 Colored postcard representing GA by Ivan Krylov. Artist: E.M. Rachev. #6. Sovetsky Hudozhnik. $13.50 from postcardsworld through Hippostcard, March, '23.

Rachev has his own series of 1961 Krylov postcards in this collection, not including GA. There are surprising things in this representation of the fable. Most of all, the grasshopper has no instrument. She is decked out for spring, and there are still at least some leaves on this tree. Are those drops of rain hanging from leaves and branches? Is it fair to say that the transformation of insect into human in both cases shapes the artist's main interest here?

1977 Colored postcard representing GA by Ivan Krylov. Artist: A.K. Zhaba. #7. Sovetsky Hudozhnik. $13.50 from postcardsworld through Hippostcard, March, '23.

Zhaba has a 1944 postcard in this collection. By contrast with many other representations of this fable, Zhaba shows the two insects without human clothing, characteristics, or venue. Fellow ants trudge by loaded with food.

1977 Colored postcard representing “The Elephant and the Pug” by Ivan Krylov. Artist: A. Zhaba. #17. Sovetsky Hudozhnik. $8.99 from postcardsworld through Hippostcard, Feb., '23.

I had earlier found one of Zhaba's illustrations of Krylov on a postcard. The surprise with this copy is that it comes from St. Petersburg at a time when we are virtually at war with Russia. This card is marked "17." Now the search for others in this series continues!

Date

1977

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$13.50 from postcardsworld through Hippostcard, March, '23.

$13.50 from postcardsworld through Hippostcard, March, '23.

$8.99 from postcardsworld through Hippostcard, Feb., '23.

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