Graphics

Vrubel Mikhail. Field Flowers. Embroidery motif. 1884
Vrubel Mikhail
Field Flowers. Embroidery motif
1884

Watercolour, lead pencil, whitewash, varnish on paper

40.8 × 29.5 cm

© Kyiv Art Gallery National Museum, Ukraine

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Vrubel Mikhail. Decorative motif with white waterlilies. 1890s
Vrubel Mikhail
Decorative motif with white waterlilies
1890s

Pen, ink, watercolour, whitewash on paper

21.5 × 32 cm

© Abramtsevo State Historical, Artistic and Literary Museum-Reserve

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Vrubel Mikhail. Design for a comb
Vrubel Mikhail
Design for a comb

Illustration taken from “Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel. Life and Work” by Stepan Yaremich (Moscow: Izdaniye I. Knebel, 1911, p. 125)

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Vrubel Mikhail. Periwinkle. 1886-1888
Vrubel Mikhail
Periwinkle
1886-1888

Watercolour on paper mounted on cardboard

16.6 × 12.2 cm

© Kyiv Art Gallery National Museum, Ukraine

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Vrubel Mikhail. Pink Azalea. 1886-1888
Vrubel Mikhail
Pink Azalea
1886-1888

Watercolour, lead pencil on paper

23.8 × 15.8 cm

© Kyiv Art Gallery National Museum, Ukraine

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Vrubel Mikhail. Oriental Fairy Tale. 1886
Vrubel Mikhail
Oriental Fairy Tale
1886

Watercolour, whitewash, lead pencil, pencil, varnish, collage on paper mounted on cardboard

Sheet: 16.4 × 24.5 cm; cardboard: 27.8 × 27 cm (the image spreads onto the cardboard)

© Kyiv Art Gallery National Museum, Ukraine

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Vrubel Mikhail. Horseman Galloping. “The horse careered faster than a deer...”
Vrubel Mikhail
Horseman Galloping. “The horse careered faster than a deer...”

Illustration for the poem “Demon.” 1890-1891

Black watercolour, whitewash on paper

23.5 × 33.5 cm

Tretyakov Gallery

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Vrubel Mikhail. Shell. 1904-1905
Vrubel Mikhail
Shell
1904-1905

Charcoal, watercolour, whitewash on paper

18.6 × 32.3 cm

Tretyakov Gallery

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Vrubel Mikhail. Moonlit Night. 1901
Vrubel Mikhail
Moonlit Night
1901

Blue watercolour, lead pencil on paper

Image: 25.5 × 17.8 cm; sheet: 30 × 22.3 cm

© Roman Babichev Collection, Moscow

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Vrubel Mikhail. Campanulas. 1904
Vrubel Mikhail
Campanulas
1904

From the “Campanulas” sketch series

Lead pencil on paper

33.3 × 19.8 cm

Russian Museum

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Vrubel Mikhail. Shell. Late 1904 – early 1905
Vrubel Mikhail
Shell
Late 1904 – early 1905

From the “Shells” sketch series

Black pastel, charcoal and lead pencil on paper

23.8 × 32.7 cm

Russian Museum

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Vrubel Mikhail. Bell-Flowers. 1885-1887
Vrubel Mikhail
Bell-Flowers
1885-1887

Watercolour, lead pencil on paper

28.3 × 33.4 cm

© Berezovsky family collection, St. Petersburg

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Vrubel Mikhail. Abstract composition. Early 20th century
Vrubel Mikhail
Abstract composition
Early 20th century

Black watercolour, whitewash on paper mounted on cardboard

26.8 × 24.6 cm

© Hermitage, St. Petersburg

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Vrubel Mikhail. Church (St. Volodymir’s Cathedral in Kyiv)
Vrubel Mikhail
Church (St. Volodymir’s Cathedral in Kyiv)

Pencil on paper

32 × 23.5 cm

© Far Eastern Art Museum, Khabarovsk

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Vrubel Mikhail. [Righteous Soul in the Hand of God]
Vrubel Mikhail
[Righteous Soul in the Hand of God]

A drawing on a torn-out piece of paper from a letter that Mikhail Vrubel sent to Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel. [After 1902]

© Manuscript Department of the Tretyakov Gallery

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Vrubel Mikhail. Campanulas. 1904
Vrubel Mikhail
Campanulas
1904

From the “Campanulas” sketch series

Lead pencil on paper

26 × 16.3 cm

Russian Museum

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Vrubel Mikhail. Campanulas. 1904
Vrubel Mikhail
Campanulas
1904

From the “Campanulas” sketch series

Lead pencil on paper

33.2 × 19.8 cm

Russian Museum

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Vrubel Mikhail. Campanulas. 1904
Vrubel Mikhail
Campanulas
1904

From the “Campanulas” sketch series

Lead pencil on paper

12.7 × 18.1 cm

Russian Museum

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Vrubel Mikhail. Self-Portrait. 1885
Vrubel Mikhail
Self-Portrait
1885

Lead pencil on paper

13.2 × 9 cm

The paper was originally part of the “Album. 1884-1885”

On the reverse: The hand of Mikhail Vrubel on the back of a chair

© Kyiv Art Gallery National Museum, Ukraine

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Vrubel Mikhail. Shell. Late 1904 – early 1905
Vrubel Mikhail
Shell
Late 1904 – early 1905

From the “Shells” sketch series

Lead pencil and black pastel on paper

17 × 24.8 cm (without frame)

Russian Museum

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Vrubel Mikhail. Shell. Late 1904 - early 1905
Vrubel Mikhail
Shell
Late 1904 - early 1905

From the “Shells” sketch series

Lead pencil and black pastel on paper

17.4 × 24.8 cm (without frame)

Russian Museum

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Vrubel Mikhail. Portrait of Doctor F.A. Usoltsev with an Icon in the Background.
Vrubel Mikhail
Portrait of Doctor F.A. Usoltsev with an Icon in the Background
1904–1905

Charcoal, sanguine, whitewash on paper

51 × 32.8 cm

Private collection

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Vrubel Mikhail. Shell. Late 1904 – early 1905
Vrubel Mikhail
Shell
Late 1904 – early 1905

From the “Shells” sketch series

Charcoal pencil on paper

36.4 × 41.7 cm

Russian Museum

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Vrubel Mikhail. Shell. Late 1904 - early 1905
Vrubel Mikhail
Shell
Late 1904 - early 1905

From the “Shells” sketch series

Lead pencil and black watercolour on paper

17.4 × 25.3 cm

Russian Museum

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Vrubel Mikhail. Shell. Late 1904 - early 1905
Vrubel Mikhail
Shell
Late 1904 - early 1905

From the “Shells” sketch series

Charcoal, black pastel on paper

38 × 43 cm

Russian Museum

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Vrubel Mikhail. Shell. Late 1904 - early 1905
Vrubel Mikhail
Shell
Late 1904 - early 1905

From the “Shells” sketch series

Black pastel, lead pencil, chalk on paper

17.5 × 25.3 cm

Russian Museum

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Vrubel Mikhail. The Artist’s Left Hand with a Handkerchief. 1904
Vrubel Mikhail
The Artist’s Left Hand with a Handkerchief
1904

From the “Insomnia” sketch series

Lead pencil on paper

13.8 × 22.2 cm

Russian Museum

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Vrubel Mikhail. A Person Sleeping on a Bed. 1904
Vrubel Mikhail
A Person Sleeping on a Bed
1904

From the “Insomnia” sketch series

Lead pencil on paper

11.1 × 22.1 cm

Russian Museum

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Vrubel Mikhail. Chequered Gown and Bed. 1904
Vrubel Mikhail
Chequered Gown and Bed
1904

From the “Insomnia” sketch series

Lead pencil on paper

17.7 × 30 cm

Tretyakov Gallery

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Vrubel Mikhail. Shell. Late 1904 – early 1905
Vrubel Mikhail
Shell
Late 1904 – early 1905

From the “Shells” sketch series

Italian and lead pencils, watercolour, whitewash on paper

22.9 × 34.8 cm (without frame)

Russian Museum

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Vrubel Mikhail. Portrait of Valery Bryusov. 1906
Vrubel Mikhail
Portrait of Valery Bryusov
1906

Unfinished

Compressed charcoal, sanguine, chalk on paper

102.2 × 69.5 cm

Tretyakov Gallery

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Vrubel Mikhail. Shell. Late 1904 – early 1905
Vrubel Mikhail
Shell
Late 1904 – early 1905

From the “Shells” sketch series

Lead pencil, charcoal, black pastel, whitewash on paper

17.5 × 25.4 cm

Russian Museum

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Vrubel Mikhail. Shell. Late 1904 – early 1905
Vrubel Mikhail
Shell
Late 1904 – early 1905

From the “Shells” sketch series

Italian and lead pencils, watercolour, whitewash on paper

22.9 × 34.8 cm (without frame)

Russian Museum

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Vrubel Mikhail. Shell. Late 1904 – early 1905
Vrubel Mikhail
Shell
Late 1904 – early 1905

From the “Shells” sketch series

Black pastel, lead pencil, chalk on paper

17.6 × 25.5 cm

Russian Museum

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Vrubel Mikhail. Shadows of the Lagoons. 1905
Vrubel Mikhail
Shadows of the Lagoons
1905

Pastel, gouache, charcoal, lead pencil on paper

69.5 × 90.6 cm

Tretyakov Gallery

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Vrubel Mikhail. Shell. Late 1904 – early 1905
Vrubel Mikhail
Shell
Late 1904 – early 1905

From the “Shells” sketch series

Pastel, watercolour, charcoal on paper

19.7 × 28.3 cm

Russian Museum

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Vrubel Mikhail. Flower. Composition. 1902
Vrubel Mikhail
Flower. Composition
1902

Colour pencil on cardboard

22.4 × 21.3 cm

Mamontov family collection, Moscow

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Vrubel Mikhail. Preparatory sketch for the decoration of the piece “King Saul”
Vrubel Mikhail
Preparatory sketch for the decoration of the piece “King Saul”

which was performed on the stage of the Abramtsevo Circle on January 6, 1890. 1890

Pencil, gouache on paper mounted on cardboard

16.5 × 10.1 cm

© Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts

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Vrubel Mikhail. Red flowers and Begonia Leaves in a Basket. 1886-1887
Vrubel Mikhail
Red flowers and Begonia Leaves in a Basket
1886-1887

Watercolour, varnish on paper

38.5 × 32.2 cm

© Kyiv Art Gallery National Museum, Ukraine

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Vrubel Mikhail. Sketch of a tile. [1890s]
Vrubel Mikhail
Sketch of a tile
[1890s]

Pencil on paper

16.8 × 10.1 cm

© Abramtsevo State Historical, Artistic and Literary Museum-Reserve

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Vuillard Édouard. Tuileries. 1895
Vuillard Édouard
Tuileries
1895

Colour lithograph on ivory paper

24.3 × 28 cm (image)

28 × 38.4 cm (page)

© Art Institute of Chicago, USA

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Olga Davydova

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Edward Wadsworth. Rotterdam. 1914
Wadsworth Edward
Rotterdam
1914

Woodcut. 26.4 × 20.2 cm          

© Estate of Edward Wadsworth. All rights reserved, DACS 2010

George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film (Rochester, USA)

#3 2011 (32)

Fisun Guner

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Wagner K. Russian Amusement ‘Jumping Board’. 1812
Wagner K.
Russian Amusement ‘Jumping Board’
1812

After Yemelian Korneev

Etching

#4 2010 (29)

Yevgeny Bogatyrev

15795
E.A.WALTON. Seaside Cottages with Dovecote. c.1883
Walton E.A.
Seaside Cottages with Dovecote
c.1883

Watercolour on paper. 34 × 52.7 cm

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

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Tom Birchenough

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Warhol Andy. Self-portrait. 1967
Warhol Andy
Self-portrait
1967

Acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas

Courtesy The Andy Warhol Museum

©AWF

#4 2005 (09)

John Smith

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