Crimean Suite by Ignatius Ignatievich Nivinsky. Moscow-Leningrad, 1925. Album of Russian graphic artist, painter, and theater designer Ignatius Ignatievich Nivinsky (1880-1933). It contains 19 of his engravings, created in 1916-1917 using the mezzotint technique, reproduced through phototype on 18 separate sheets. Ignatius Ignatievich Nivinsky (1880/1881 – 1933) was a renowned Russian graphic artist, painter, and architect, notable for his work as a theater designer. In 1898, Nivinsky graduated with honors from the prestigious Moscow Stroganov Art School, where he received a gold medal. Despite his excellent sense of color, Nivinsky chose the “black and white” profession of engraving and worked primarily as an etcher starting from 1912. He founded and chaired the Union of Engravers, established in 1918, and later became a member of the “Four Arts” association. In many of Nivinsky’s engravings and etchings, one can trace a significant influence of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The cycle of graphic works known as the “Crimean Suite” was created in 1916-1917 using the mezzotint technique, inspired by two trips to Crimea. The series includes landscape views with staffage and genre scenes. The text of the edition was written by the art critic and collector Pavel Davidovich Ettinger (1866-1948).