Tarass Boulba.

Limited edition of Gogol's famous tale illustrated by Alexandra Grinevsky.

Alexandra Grinevsky (1899-1976) was the illegitimate daughter of a Petersburg aristocrat and was consequently raised in Paris by her paternal aunt. She became an actress in 1921 for the avant-garde Pitoeff Theatre where she met the artist and set designer Alexandre Alexeieff. Konstantin Stanivlavski was enamoured by Grinevsky when he saw her performing on a visit to Paris, so much so that he wanted to take her back to Russia with him but decided to stay in France with Alexeieff and the pair married in 1923. After the birth of their daughter, Grinevsky gave up her life as an actress and became a successful artist and book illustrator.