Portrait of Baba Yaga

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Sarah Horowitz. 2021. Portrait of Baba Yaga. Etchings. Illustration Research Archive. Wiesedruck, Re-Drawn: Pictures, Plots & Portrayals from Special Collections, accessed March 28, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/redrawn/item/48016

Descriptive Title: Portrait of Baba Yaga
Creator: Sarah Horowitz
Item Description: An artist's book of the story 'Baba Yaga', retold by Aleksandr Afanas'ev ; translated by W. R. S. Ralston ; etchings by Sarah Horowitz

Baba Yaga originates from Slavic folklore, and is characterized by her bad tempter, house on chicken legs, and flying mortal and pestle.
Publisher: Wiesedruck
Date: 2022
Repository: Illustration Research Archive
Format: Artist book
Medium: Etchings
Subject: See all items with this value folk tales

Item sets: Re-Drawn: Pictures, Plots & Portrayals from Special Collections, MFA Exhibition Spring 2024

Site pages: The Stories that Shape Us by Sarah Hawkes

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