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Hermitage Fine Art

982 - TAUBER, E. (1903–1987)
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Estimate €150 - €200
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Description
TAUBER, E. (1903–1987) Odinochestvo [Solitude]. Berlin: Parabola, 1935. 79, [5] pp.; 19 × 13 cm. With the publisher’s typographic dust jacket. Very good condition. Slight scuffing and soiling to the cover. Ekaterina Tauber (1903–1987), poet, prose writer and critic of the ‘first wave’ of Russian émigrés. She published five collections of poetry. Her verses appear in the best-known anthologies of Russian émigré poetry, *L’Ancre* (1936), *À l’Ouest* (1953) and others, and were published in numerous journals: ‘Sovremennye zapiski’, ‘Russkie zapiski’, ‘Vozrojdenie’, ‘Grani’ and ‘Novy journal’. Before the war, she was a member of the literary group ‘Le Carrefour’, which was close to V. Khodashevich. After the Second World War, she taught Russian for 16 years at the Lycée Carnot in Cannes, where she became friends with B. Zaitsev, I. Bunin and D. Klenovsky. The poet’s first book. Bibliography: Tourtchinski, p. 524; Okhlopkov, p. 173. At the buyer’s request, we shall be happy to provide a general report on the condition of the lot described above. However, as we are not professional conservators or restorers, we strongly advise potential buyers to carry out their own inspection or to consult a specialist of their choice to obtain a comprehensive assessment of the lot’s condition. Descriptions of items provided in the catalogue or by correspondence are for information purposes only and should not be regarded as a definitive assessment. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSION REGARDING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD ‘AS IS’, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE PUBLISHED IN THE CATALOGUE.
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About the sale RARE BOOKS & MANUSCRIPTS: Antique books § Autographs, rare editions, photographs § Works on paper
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Auction time 10/29/2026 at 2:30 PM
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