Cover and Endpaper. From the History of Soviet Children's Books. Collection of Nina and Vadim Ginzburg

The legacy of Soviet children's books, a unique phenomenon in the history of world art, is not only a vast array of outstanding artistic material, not only the trajectories of searches and discoveries by hundreds of renowned and lesser-known masters,... but also a panorama of the publishing process throughout the country. After all, Moscow, Leningrad, and dozens of regional publishing houses were points of attraction for creative forces and transmitters of graphic culture to the masses. This album features original drawings by artists for the covers and endpapers of children's books and the publications themselves from the collection of Nina and Vadim Ginzburg, the study of which will be of interest to professionals—art historians, collectors, illustrators, publishers—and will bring joy to lovers of book graphic art.