Mykhailiv, Yu. G. Diadtchenko.

In Ukrainian.
Series Ukrainsʹke maliarstvo/ Ukrainische kunstmalerei.
[Cover by A. Petritskii].

[Kharkiv, Kooperatyvne vyd-vo "Rukh", 1931].
8vo, 29, [2] pp., 19 l.ill.

In original wrappers. Signed and inscribed to front cover verso.
In good condition, some wear and spotting to wrappers, paper tape reinforcement to spine, corners curling just a little.

Very rare. One of 2 000 copies published.

Signed and inscribed in Ukrainian by the author, Ukrainian painter, graphic artist and art critic Yukhym Mykhailiv (1885-1935): ‘Vysokoshanovnomu / Yhoriu Emanuilovychu Hrabariu / v znak podiaky za nastrii / utvorenyi yoho knyzhkoiu “Repyn” / Yukh Mykhilov / Kyiv 1934. 7 II’ [To the highly respected Igor Emmanuilovich Grabar, in gratitude for the inspiration created by his book 'Repin,' Y. Mikhailov. Kyev, 1934. 7 II].

This book is dedicated to the renowned Ukrainian itinerant artist Hryhoriy Dyadchenko(Diadchenko; 1869–1921). He studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts and later taught at the Kyiv Art School, where notable students included Mykhailo Kozyk and Vasilii Sil’vestrov. 
The monograph, authored by Yukhym Mykhailiv (1885–1935), a Ukrainian painter, graphic artist, art critic, and poet, features many of Dyadchenko’s works. Mykhailiv was trained at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture under Sergei Korovin and later refined his skills in the workshop of Valentin Serov. He led the Kyiv branch of the Association of Artists of Ukraine and served on the board of the All-Ukrainian Department of Arts. In 1934, he was arrested in Kyiv, subsequently exiled, and died while imprisoned.
This copy is signed to the prominent Igor Grabar (1871–1960), a distinguished Russian art historian and Post-Impressionist painter. Grabar was a descendant of a Rusyn family from the Austrian Empire and was trained as a painter by Anton Ažbe in Munich.

We couldn’t trace any copy of this edition via OCLC in the USA. The National Library of Israel has a copy.