Russkiy Avangard 1920-x - 1930-x Godov: Zhivopis', Grafika, Sku'ltura, Dekorativno-Prikladnoe Iskusstvo iz Sobraniya Gosudarstvennogo Russkogo Muzeya, Sankt-Peterburg : Russian Avant-Garde 1920s - 1930s: Paintings, Graphics, Sculpture, Decorative Arts from the Collections of the State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg

Sankt-Peterburg: Avrora, 1996. Hardcover. Cream boards with color-illus. Red/white lettering on black spine. Matching dj. 287 pp. with 338 mostly color images. VG-/Good+ (Clean and tight but with light age toning to page margins. Faint waving of pages, but no evidence of damp staining found. Dj has rubbing on back, a few spots on front and light wear to top edge.). Item #150569
ISBN: 0081625050007

Text in Russian. A book full of vivid color plates (many full-page) of Russia's renowned avant-garde art as well as archival b/w photos from the era. Arranged chronologically and by genre, beginning with the first years after the revolution. Very thorough text. With excellent appendices: Lists of art groups and associations, artists' biographies, a chronology, bibliography, and index of names. A much a book about Russian culture and history as about Russian art, as the arts were such an integral part of Russian life and political expression.

Price: $90.00

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