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A German Bird

Postcard
1914 (made)
Artist/Maker
Contemporary Art Printers (printer)
New Satyricon (publisher)
Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin (maker)

General Description: Russian postcard published by the journal New Satiricon.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Postcard
TitleA German Bird
Materials and techniques
Colour line block
Brief description
Russian printed card depicting a bird and a line of verse.
Physical description
General Description: Russian postcard published by the journal New Satiricon.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.1cm
  • Width: 9.5cm
14.1 x 9.5 cm
Object history
The verse below the title reads "Happily goes the bird / along the path of poverty / not anticipating what are / the consequences. / note: for the consequences read the papers [i.e. the New Satiricon].
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1252-1989

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Record createdDecember 9, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O178309/a-german-bird-postcard-ivan-yakovlevich-bilibin/
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