Dimitri Semenovich STELLETSKY (1875-1947) Folder containing 7 sheets of drawings by Stelletsky for Le Prince Igor. The folder is titled in Indian ink by Stelletsky: "STELLCTSKI / 8 LEAVES / FOR / THE SONG OF / PRINCE IGOR". A pencil annotation (probably by Denis Roche) reads "Specimen of the 40 sheets of the complete series". This series is already announced in a letter from Stelletsky to Denis Roche dated October 23, 1937, and in a letter dated December 4, 1937, he writes: "I have just finished the 7 sample images and a page of text (Russian 13th-century style) for the 'Song of Prince Igor', which I plan to send you in the next few days". Already on April 11, he wrote: "These experiments have persuaded me that the edition should be much more modest, i.e. the format of the book would be 20 c x 17 c, binding and the 10 illustrations (as a maximum in two colors...)". The text page is not preserved in this folder. All seven drawings are annotated on the back in ink "Stelletsky / Le Toit / La Napoule AM / December 8, 1937". Stelletsky has noted on the back in graphite the verses corresponding to six drawings (out of seven). 1 - Drawing of Prince Igor's ost. 2 - The ten falcons hurled at the swans. On the back, verses 15 and 20 ? 3 - The Desolation. On the back, verses 77 ? 4 - The Polovtsian prisoners of the Russians. On the back, verses 140 and 145. 5 - The road to Yaroslavna. On the back, verses 605 and 610. 6 - The pursuit. On the back, verses 701 and 710. 7 - Glorification of the young princes. On the back, verse 740. Brown and blue gouache (N°1-3 and 5-7), brown only (N°4) with white highlights. Signed down on the right (in the middle for N°5) along a curve of the drawing. 32 x 25 cm (folder); 30 x 23.2 cm (each drawing) Provenance: Archives of Denis Roche. [russian art]