Search Results: Art / Russian from Adamstown Books

Leningrad: Avrora, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. State Museum of Arts IZOBRAZITEPNIH, A. C. Pushkin. Shows 391 works of art in the museum, with notes on each. Text in Russian. Green cloth boards, color-illustrated dust jacket, 391 plates and illustrations, many in color. A large and heavy book - extra shipping will be required for international sales. Condition: Very good book, Good jacket; book is clean and free of marks with very little cover wear, jacket has some short edge tears, mainly at the bottom front, with no loss..

New York NY: Christie's New York, 2003. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Christie's auction catalog for April 11 2003 (Salisbury-1219). Oversize softcover, 250 pp. w/ color and b&w plates throughout.Exceptional photography.342 pieces/lots. Includes estate sellers and museums (Montclair, Tate). Book Condition : Very Good; no text marks; wear to cover corners. .

Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Quite rare. An all-Russian book, published in 1986 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the "Academicheskaya Dacha," which opened in 1884 as a place of summer practice for poor students of the Imperial Academy of Arts. Features artwork from a collection of work produced by dacha artists. Profusely illustrated in lovely color plates, the works of many artists are arranged largely in chronological order. The subjects are stunning landscapes and the Russian countryside, as well as people and families involved in the basic activities of life - work, play, eating, and family gatherings. 232 pp. Book condition: Very good. Book has been well protected in its slipcase, cloth binding very good, pages unmarked. Slipcase: Good, some nicks to the printed paper mounted on the slipcase boards, binding has tears at several corners, but is secure and looks generally good..

St. Petersurg Russia: Association of the Museums of Russia, 1992. Magazine. Good. Softcover (Side-stapled). 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. "A Popular Scholarly Illustrated Periodical". Articles include : Relics of the defence and siege of Leningrad; Glimpses of the Nevel past; The Vespa - Their history, culture and ethnic features; Historical painting in the St. Petersburg's Academy of Fine Arts; Ancient Art of the Eskimos of Chukotka; Tavrichesky palace as historical-and-artistic exhibition of Russian portrait; and several more. .

Thames & Hudson, 1995. Magazine. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Oversize hardcover, 560 pp. w/ 126 color and c. 400 b&w photos. Presumed 1st Edition. Issued in conjunction with "From Gulag to Glasnost: Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union" 1995 exhibit at Rutgers University.17 essays are accompanied by color and b&w plates. Book Condition : Very Good; no text marks; stain at bottom edge of boards. Dust Jacket Condition : Good; light shelf wear to edges; price clipped; light staining on reverse at bottom edge..

St. Petersburg, Russia: Bibliopolis, 1995. Book. Illus. by Chemiakin, Mikhail. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Unillustrated catalog of exhibition 18 October -15 November 1995: State- Hermitage, Petersburg; 30 November - 14 January 1996: Tretyakov Museum, Moscow. Text in English and Russian. Contains 5 essays, and a biography/chronology of this artist, once forced to leave Russia, now honored in the Hermitage, where he once worked. White glossy wraps with front cover color illustration of his work, B&W photo of artist on rear cover, otherwise unillustrated. Condition: near fine, with a slight halo of age toning around the outer half inch of the pages..