Nikolai Nikolaevich KARAZIN (1842-1908) Kibitka. 1899. Sepia ink. Signed and dated lower right. Annotated on the back in graphite: Une étrange fille. This work is one of the illustrations for Korolenko's story "Чудная" (A Strange Girl) by Karazine. In a letter dated December 18, 1898, F. D. Batiouchkov wrote to D. Roche, "On the other hand, I beg Karazine to make a kibitka with horses half-buried in the snow by a route through those great virgin forests (bov) found in the Viatka government. This kind of design is Karazine's specialty...", and on February 2, 1899, he sent him, in a separate envelope, the drawings to illustrate the story, including two works by Karazine. 9.7 x 15.2 cm on view Provenance: Archives of Denis Roche. [russian art]