Treasures into Tractors: The Selling of Russia's Cultural Heritage, 1918-1938
Washington, DC: Hillwood Estate, Museum, and Gardens, 2009. Softbound. Gray pictorial wraps, [xxiii] 424pp, profuse color and B&W illustrations. VG, some light shelf wear to wraps and edges, interior clean and tight. Item #128130
ISBN: 9781931485074
Unlike the widely publicized controversy surrounding Soviet and Nazi looting of art during World War II and its restitution, Soviet sales of masterpieces and other valuables during the interwar period have until now remained largely ignored outside a small community of scholars. The international contributors to this book explore the fate of Russian art collections and libraries following the Russian Revolution in 1917, the institutions and individuals responsible for their sale, and the prominent collectors, libraries, and museums that acquired them. These Europeans and Americans reveal the extent of the Soviet government's voluntary "realization" of Russia's cultural patrimony between Wars I and II and its consequences for the international art market and perceptions of Russian art.
OCLC: 268796701
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