![AKHMATOVA, Anna (1889-1966) – An illuminated manuscript of 'Kitezhanka (putem vseia zemli)' [The Woman from Kitezh (The Way of all the Earth)], presented to Galina Longinovna Kozlovskaia, Tashkent, 4 February 1944.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_17162_0103_001(akhmatova_anna_an_illuminated_manuscript_of_kitezhanka_the_woman_from105517).jpg?w=1)
![AKHMATOVA, Anna (1889-1966) – An illuminated manuscript of 'Kitezhanka (putem vseia zemli)' [The Woman from Kitezh (The Way of all the Earth)], presented to Galina Longinovna Kozlovskaia, Tashkent, 4 February 1944.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_17162_0103_002(akhmatova_anna_an_illuminated_manuscript_of_kitezhanka_the_woman_from105524).jpg?w=1)
![AKHMATOVA, Anna (1889-1966) – An illuminated manuscript of 'Kitezhanka (putem vseia zemli)' [The Woman from Kitezh (The Way of all the Earth)], presented to Galina Longinovna Kozlovskaia, Tashkent, 4 February 1944.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_17162_0103_003(akhmatova_anna_an_illuminated_manuscript_of_kitezhanka_the_woman_from105531).jpg?w=1)
![AKHMATOVA, Anna (1889-1966) – An illuminated manuscript of 'Kitezhanka (putem vseia zemli)' [The Woman from Kitezh (The Way of all the Earth)], presented to Galina Longinovna Kozlovskaia, Tashkent, 4 February 1944.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/CKS/2018_CKS_17162_0103_000(akhmatova_anna_an_illuminated_manuscript_of_kitezhanka_the_woman_from105509).jpg?w=1)
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AKHMATOVA, Anna (1889-1966) – An illuminated manuscript of 'Kitezhanka (putem vseia zemli)' [The Woman from Kitezh (The Way of all the Earth)], presented to Galina Longinovna Kozlovskaia, Tashkent, 4 February 1944.
In Russian, 14 pages including the flap made by folding the last leaf, 170x120mm, bifolia; manuscript in black, red and blue inks, on blue construction paper, illuminated with nine watercolour drawings and various decorative elements (minor soiling to covers). Provenance: Galina Longinovna Kozlovskaia (1906-1997, librettist, memoirist; presentation inscription from Anna Akhmatova).
A unique illuminated manuscript presented by Akhmatova to Galina Kozlovskaia: 'To dear Galina Longinovna Kozlovskaia – in memory of our Tashkent. With love, Anna Akhmatova. 4 February 1944'. 'Kitezhanka' was not published in full until 1965, more than twenty years after this manuscript. In Russian folklore, Kitezh is a mythical city said to have vanished when warring Mongols approached it, and which reappears only to the pure-hearted. In this autobiographical poem, Akhmatova is the titular woman from Kitezh, the wanderer who has been summoned home, dodging bullets through burning towns, across trenches, and 'by way of the crucified capital'. It is appropriate that Akhmatova chose to give this poem, just as her exile in Tashkent was coming to an end: in mid-May 1944 Akhmatova was granted permission to return to St Petersburg. Akhmatova formed a close friendship with Kozlovskaia, who she nicknamed 'Scheherazade', and with her husband the composer Aleksei Kozlovskii. During her time in Tashkent, from 1941 until 1944, Akhmatova visited them at home often, and attended all Aleksei's concerts. Galina's circle also included Tsvetaeva, Pasternak, Chukovsky, and others. Martin, 'Collecting Anna Akhmatova', in Caxtonian vol.15, no.4, pp.1-13; Kozlovskaia, Shakherezada. Tysiacha i odno vospominanie (N.p.: Izdatel'stvo AST, 2015). (See also lots 102 and 104.)
In Russian, 14 pages including the flap made by folding the last leaf, 170x120mm, bifolia; manuscript in black, red and blue inks, on blue construction paper, illuminated with nine watercolour drawings and various decorative elements (minor soiling to covers). Provenance: Galina Longinovna Kozlovskaia (1906-1997, librettist, memoirist; presentation inscription from Anna Akhmatova).
A unique illuminated manuscript presented by Akhmatova to Galina Kozlovskaia: 'To dear Galina Longinovna Kozlovskaia – in memory of our Tashkent. With love, Anna Akhmatova. 4 February 1944'. 'Kitezhanka' was not published in full until 1965, more than twenty years after this manuscript. In Russian folklore, Kitezh is a mythical city said to have vanished when warring Mongols approached it, and which reappears only to the pure-hearted. In this autobiographical poem, Akhmatova is the titular woman from Kitezh, the wanderer who has been summoned home, dodging bullets through burning towns, across trenches, and 'by way of the crucified capital'. It is appropriate that Akhmatova chose to give this poem, just as her exile in Tashkent was coming to an end: in mid-May 1944 Akhmatova was granted permission to return to St Petersburg. Akhmatova formed a close friendship with Kozlovskaia, who she nicknamed 'Scheherazade', and with her husband the composer Aleksei Kozlovskii. During her time in Tashkent, from 1941 until 1944, Akhmatova visited them at home often, and attended all Aleksei's concerts. Galina's circle also included Tsvetaeva, Pasternak, Chukovsky, and others. Martin, 'Collecting Anna Akhmatova', in Caxtonian vol.15, no.4, pp.1-13; Kozlovskaia, Shakherezada. Tysiacha i odno vospominanie (N.p.: Izdatel'stvo AST, 2015). (See also lots 102 and 104.)
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