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UNION DES ARTISTES RUSSES -- GONCHAROVA, Natalia, LARIONOV, Mikhail, PICASSO, Pablo, and others. Four copies of Programme Bal Travesti-Transmental . Paris: Union des Artistes Russes, 1923. Together 4 volumes, 2° (333 x 259mm). Lithographed throughout, one half-tone plate after Derain tipped-in as issued, illustrations throughout, two of these full-page, including those after Goncharova, and Picasso. (Small stain in the bottom right margin of some leaves.) Original stapled wrappers printed in blue after Larionov, with his stamp on each front wrapper (staples rusted, edges lightly yellowed). FOUR COPIES OF THIS PROGRAMME INCLUDING FULL-PAGE LITHOGRAPHS AFTER PICASSO AND GONCHAROVA. The whimsical events organized by the Union of Russian Artists featured ballets choreographed by Larionov, costumes and sets designed by Goncharova and Fernand Léger and various contributions from the many participants representing the cream of Paris's avant-garde scene. (4)