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Mikhail Aleksandrovich Drizo Papers, ca. 1911-1954. 

Creator: 
Drizo, Mikhail Aleksandrovich, 1887-1953.
Phys. Desc: 
ca. 3,200 items (7 boxes; 1 oversized folder).
Location: 
Rare Book & Manuscript Library
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Biographical Note

Caricaturist in Russia and France who used the pseudonym MAD.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists mostly of his original drawings for Russian periodicals, including "Odesskiĭ listok," Odesskie novosti," "Rul,́" and "Vozrozhdenie," and also for various French titles. There is also correspondence, including single letters from such emigre figures as Ivan Bunin and Pavel Mili︠u︡kov; a manuscript of Nadezhda Teffi's "Nichego Podobnogo" with Drizo's drawings of its characters; and copies of two books illustrated by Drizo: MAD, "Tak bylo" (Odessa, 1918), and S. Chernyĭ, "Zhivai︠a︡ azbuka" (Berlin, 1922) (the original drawings for the latter work are also included).