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GENNADY SPIRIN.
Candy City.
Watercolor and tempera illustration for The Nutcracker. 318x432 mm; 12
1
/
2
x17 inches,
image. Signed in ink, lower right. Matted and framed.
[10,000/15,000]
This incredibly detailed image appeared as a double-page illustration on pages 88-89 in the Stewart,
Tabori & Chang publication of E.T.A. Hoffmann and Aliana Brodmann-Menkes’s “The
Nutcracker,” New York, 1996. An instant top seller, Spirin’s Nutcracker is rich with romantic and
jewel-like details, coupled with a vintage patina befitting the classic tale.
