Mir Iskusstva.
by Aleksandr Strelkov
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Newton MA USA, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Octavo 17.6x13 cm.,, wrappers, 30pp. 5000 copies. A survey of the art movement Mir Iskusstva which flourished from 1898 by art students in St. Petersburg with the intent to upgrade the level of Russian art from the low standards prevailing in the narrow nationalist Peredvizhniki (Wanderers) and introduce a Neo-Romanticism mixed with greater imaginative fairy tales, mystery and fantasy and open to an internationalist scope. This gave rise to a journal by the same name, financed by Bakst, Benois, and especially Diaghilev, leading to the manifold contributions that arose under thrdr auspices. Diaghilev kept expanding the connection with Russian artists and those abroad under the Mir iskusstva banner up through 1927, ending with Stalinist policies that closed off international cooperation. With 9 illustrations by Konstantin Somov, Alexandre Benois, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Leon Bakst, Ivan Bilibin, Alexandre Benois. Strelkov (1896-1939) was an art historian and archeologist who specialized in Central Asia, Iran, Hellenism and Egypt. He was arrested in the purges and executed in 1939. Published under the auspices of the series Iskusstvo. Near fine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4432
- Title
- Mir Iskusstva.
- Author
- Aleksandr Strelkov
- Illustrator
- dobuzhinsky, leon bakst, Ivan bilibin, alexander benois, konstantin somov,
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First and only
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo
- Place of Publication
- Moscow-Petrograd
- Date Published
- 1923
- Pages
- 30
- Size
- 17.6x13 cm.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- mir iskusstva, dobuzhinsky, leon bakst, Ivan bilibin, alexander benois, konstantin somov,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Russia;
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About the Seller
Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books
Biblio member since 2020
Newton MA USA, Massachusetts
About Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books
Private bookseller. Prearranged visits only.We specialize in modernist and avant-garde art and publications from 1910-1948. Emphasis is on the visual arts and architecture, and also the supporting literary cultures that interacted and supported them.
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