The Avant-Garde in Russia, 1910-1930: New Perspectives

MIT Press, 1980-01-01. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 10x8x0. Softcover, former store stock with light wear and/or bumped corners from being on display. Unmarked and free of dog-ears; binding is tight and all leaves are intact. 288 pp. Catalog for the first major museum survey devoted exclusively to the Russian Avant-Garde. Describes the goals and effervescence of Russian Modernism and its waning in the late 1920's when the avant-garde impulse was no longer tolerated by the Soviet government. 288p. Bibliography. Checklist for exhibition. Artists range from Marc Chagall, Naum Gabo and Vassilii Kandinsky to Eli Lissitzky, Kazimir Malevich and Alexandr Rodchenko. Several essays. Includes photographs and many black-and-white reproductions of paintings. This book documents "the most comprehensive survey of 1910-1930 Russian avant-garde art ever shown in this country ... [giving] us a rare glimpse of the precious few masterpieces - and more numerous sketches and fragments - that are the West's all too meager tangible legacy from one of the most seminal and prolific periods in modern art." - Portfolio. Covering painting, sculpture, prints, drawings, books, photographs, costumes, and examples of industrial architectural, and theatrical design, it is "a significant addition to the small number of books on the Russian avant-garde. It contains 19 authoritative and enlightening essays; short sections (good for reference) on each artist ... with biographies, bibliographies; a detailed chronology of the period; and a general bibliography. The whole text is extremely useful." - Library Journal Heavy books or multi-volume sets will require additional postage. Send me a message before purchase if you want a quote; otherwise, I will contact you after purchase with the final shipping price. Ships from USA.