Laste joonistusi 1963 – Soviet Estonian Children's Art Album, Tallinn

Laste joonistusi / Детские рисунки (Children's Drawings)

Charming 1963 art album from Tallinn showing artwork by Estonian schoolchildren aged about 4 to 15. Bright gouaches, watercolours and drawings sit alongside linocut ex libris designs and poster art, with themes like folk costume, sailors, fish, fairy tales, nature and school life. A lovely piece of mid-century Baltic graphic design and naive art.

DETAILS

• Title: Laste joonistusi / Детские рисунки
• Compiled by: M. Bormeister
• Design: A. Raja
• Publisher: Eesti NSV Kunst, Tallinn
• Year: 1963
• Print run: 12,000 copies
• Printed by "Oktoober", Tallinn
• Languages: Estonian and Russian
• Large landscape-format hardcover with cloth spine
• Richly illustrated in colour and black and white

CONDITION

Good vintage condition. The interior pages are clean, colourful and well preserved. The covers show age-related wear to the edges and corners, a little soiling on the yellow back cover and a small pencil mark on the front. Please review all photos carefully for the exact condition.

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