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Bowlt, John E.

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1943-12-06-

Biographical / Historical

John Bowlt has a doctoral degree from the University of Texas.

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Benedikt Livshits: The One and a Half-Eyed Archer / Bowlt, John E., editor ; Livshits B ; Burliuk D., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-23017-23454
Scope and Contents

Memoirs of Livshits, translated by Bowlt, describe and interprete "the literary and bohemia in Moscow, St. Petersburg and the provinces as well as their relationships with art circles in Western Europe just before the Revolution." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Ilya Chashnik and the Russian Avant-Garde: Abstraction and Beyond / Chashnik, Ilya Grigorevich ; Lissitzky E ; Malevich K ; Popova L ; Bowlt J., 1981

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Identifier: CC-17286-17647
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive lent "The Factory" by Liubov Popova and "Gorky-Lenin" a design for a book cover by Chashnik. Design of the announcement poster, invitation to the exhibition, and the front cover of this catalogue were adapted from the latter. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Russian Art 1875-1975: A Collection of Essays / Bowlt, John E. ; Malevich K ; Filonov P., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-21858-22269
Scope and Contents

This book was compiled for college course material and reference libraries. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976

The Silver Age: Russian Art of the Early Twentieth Century and the "World of Art" Group / Bowlt, John E.., 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-22350-22773
Scope and Contents

Book discusses artists, writers and esthetes "active and influencial during the late 1890 and 1900s, the time of Symbolism in Russia." Several chapters on "The World of Art" movement. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

[Untitled] / Lissitzky, El ; Krystina Rubinger, curator ; Karshan D ; Bowlt J., 1976

 Item
Identifier: CC-06940-7063
Scope and Contents

Proun 2 C(acquired in this exhibition), "Wendingen," "For the Voice," and "Of Two Squares" are among the works illustrated in the catalogue that were formally held by the Sackner Archive. This catalogue includes several critical essays by Lissitzky translated into English and German. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1976