one of the most prominent émigré book designers of the 1920s and 1930s, his sensitivity to literary expression made him the ideal artist to capture a book's contents on its cover.

Acurious child asked his mother: “mommy, why are some of your hairs turning grey? ” the mother tried to use this occasion to teach her child: “it is because of you, dear. every bad action of yours will turn one of my hairs grey! ” the child replied innocently: “now i know why grandmother has only grey hairs on her head.”