Vasilisa the Beautiful at the Hut of Baba Yaga, by Ivan Bilibin (larger but darker here)
One of Bilibin’s wonderful series of illustrations for the classic Russian folktale.










Link: Vasilisa the Beautiful at the Hut of Baba Yaga, by Ivan Bilibin
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Oh yes,
Fantastic illustrations, and the colour, especially the blue is one I will always associate with these Russian illustrations. The control of line and form, and supporting border art makes for wonderful full page art.
I feel very fortunate in having a set of eight illustrated books, each one a traditional Russian tale, printed in Moscow around 1976 if I remember correctly. Lovely !
lovely print :)