Show all images on one page	#006150 Title: The Master and Margarita Artist: Makarov Ed Size: 25x9.5x5.5 Size (inches): 9.75x3.75x2.25 Price : $3750 SOLD!

Eduard Makarov is one of the most original Fedoskino artists working today. His creations draw from a variety of sources, and all have a magical quality that is truly unique. The theme of this box is Mikhail Bulgakov's novel "The Master and Margarita".
The Master and Margarita is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, woven around the premise of a visit by the Devil to the fervently atheistic Soviet Union. Many critics consider the book to be one of the greatest novels of the 20th century, as well as one of the foremost Soviet satires, directed against a suffocatingly bureaucratic social order!
In this box Makarov has painted major characters on the theme of Bulgakov's novel, and his unusual surrealistic images only adds a charm to this exquisite box!
Major characters in The Master and Margarita are:
Contemporary Russians:
The Master, Margarita, The Master's lover, Mikhail Alexandrovich Berlioz,. Ivan Nikolayevich Ponyryov (Bezdomny),Stephan Bogdanovich Likhodeyev,Grigory Danilovich Rimsky, Ivan Savelyevich Varenukha,Natasha,Nikanor Ivanovich Bosoy.
Woland and his retinue:
Woland, Behemoth, Koroviev/Fagotto, Azazello, Hella, Abadonna.
Characters from The Master's novel:
Pontius Pilate, Yeshua Ha-Nozri, Aphranius, Levi Matvei, Joseph Kaifa, Judah of Kiriaf.
Most of these characters can be found on this impressive box.
According to Makarov, in this splendid work he has tried to reproduce the mystical atmosphere of novel by means of peculiar color combinations and surrealistic images. Please pay attention to a composition! The artist has used two large yeas of the cat Behemoth on the top of the box on it sides...
As usual, Makarov makes the composition multi-layered to get a three-dimensional effect and create a dynamic experience for the eye. The palette is also distinctive; it includes beautifully combined blue, green and yellow oils, and various metallic powders and paints to give a feeling of magic and splendor. This jewel, iridescent palette which is a signature trait of Makarov's lacquer art, reproduces a sensation that the box glows as though lit from within. Some areas of the composition shine with mother-of-pearl inlay; in some places mother-of-pearl helps to create three-dimensional elements.
The box is constructed from paper-mache. The lid is hinged, and the box rests on wavey legs. On the box's exterior bottom the artist has written his name, Fedoskino, Russia, the year of 2011 and the title "The Master and Margarita".
More info on Novel is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Master_and_Margarita