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Lot #6113
Aleksandr Kuprin Autograph Note Signed on Yama: The Pit

"I am sending you two tickets for Yama"

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"I am sending you two tickets for Yama"

Rare ANS in Cyrillic, signed “A. Kuprin,” one page, 5.5 x 7, no date. Handwritten note to Vladimir Lvovich, in full (translated): “I am sending you two tickets for Yama." In fine condition, with two file holes and a central horizontal fold. Kuprin’s novel Yama: The Pit was published in installments between 1909 and 1915, in Zemlya almanacs. The book, centering on the lives of women in a brothel, is remembered as one of Kuprin's most ambitious and controversial novels.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Art, Literature, and Classical Music
  • Dates: #682 - Ended June 20, 2024





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