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Russian avant garde

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 260 Collections and/or Records:

Proun und Wolkenbugel Schriften, Briefe, Dokumente / Lissitzky, El., 1977

 Item
Identifier: CC-06861-6984
Scope and Contents

Proun 2C, a lithograph is reproduced in the book and is held by Sackner Archive. The book contains Lissitzky's correspondence with other artists and poets. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1977

Rosta: Bolshevik Placards 1919-1921 / Mayakovsky V., 1994

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Identifier: CC-03641-3706
Scope and Contents

The exhibition consisted of political posters from the Russian Telegraphic Agency. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

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

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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

Russian Avant-Garde and Soviet Contemporary Art / Sotheby's ; Uldaltsova N ; Rodchenko A ; Bruskin G ; Kopystiansky S ; Kopystiansky I ; Kabakov I., 1988

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Identifier: CC-30268-31677
Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. At this auction, Uldaltsova watercolor and gouache, constructivist drawings, ranging in size from 19 x 20 cm to 24 x 22 cm, bought $20,000 to $35,000. An Uldaltsova constructivistic drawing, 36 x 24 cm in size, is held by the Sackners. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1988

Russian Avant-Garde Art: The George Costakis Collection / Costakis, George ; Burliuk D ; Chashnik IG ; Delaunay S ; Goncharova N ; Gray C ; Kamensky V ; Khlebnikov V ; Kliun I ; Kruchenykh A ; Larionov M ; Lissitzky E ; Mayakovsky V ; Malevich K ; Marinetti FT ; Markov V ; Popova L ; Rodchenko A ; Stepanova V ; Zdanevich I ; Zdanevich K ; Bowlt J ; Starr F., 1981

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Identifier: CC-27807-28940
Scope and Contents Traces the history of the George Costakis collection, one of the outstanding group of Russian avant-garde work housed since 1977 in the Tretiakov Gallery in Moscow. Costakis contributes a detailed essay "Collecting Art of the Avant-Garde." S. Frederick Starr surveys the history of the period, of collecting in Russia and the role of Costakis in promoting the art of this period. Editor Angelica Zander Rudenstine provided documentation of the works, captions and supplementary commentaries. John E. Bowlt contributed a chronology outlining events in the visual arts, literature, the performing arts, and politics in Russia from 1894 to 1934. The Sackner Archive holds Proun 2c by El Lissitzky and A Game in Hell by A. Kruchenykh which are depicted in this book.Costakis offers five rules for the collector: 1) A real collector must feel like a millionaire even when he is penniless; he must act as if he has money coming out of his ears. A work of high artistic quality is literally priceless...
Dates: 1981

Russian Avant-Garde Book 1910-1934, The / Deborah Wye, curator ; Margit Rowell, curator ; Wye D ; Janecek G ; Altman N ; Annenkov Y ; Burliuk D ; Burliuk V ; Burliuk N ; Chashnik IG ; Chernikov I ; Ender B ; Exter A ; Filonov P ; Gan A ; Goncharova N ; Guro E ; Iliazd ; Kamensky V ; Khlebnikov V ; Kliun I ; Klucis G ; Kruchenykh A ; Kulik K ; Larionov M ; Lebedev V ; Leger F ; Lissitzky E ; Malevich K ; Marinetti FT ; Matiushin M ; Mayakovsky V ; Popova L ; Puni I ; Rodchenko A ; Rozanova O ; Stenberg G ; Stenberg V ; Stepanova V ; Suetin N ; Tarkhanov M ; Tatlin V ; Teige K ; Telingater S ; Tschichold J ; Vesnin A ; Zdanevich I ; Zdanevich K ; Shipley Miller HS ; Bakst L ; Burliuk D ; Chicherin A ; Ermilov V ; Moholy-Nagy L ; Siniakova M ; Sofranova A., 2002

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Identifier: CC-39009-40946
Scope and Contents

This catalogue, the most extensively illustrated book dealing with Russian avant garde books, was published to coincide with the exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Curated by Deborah Wye and Margit Rowell, the catalogue is organized into the following sections: Transform the World! 1916-33 and Building Socialism 1924-34. The first section includes Suprematism and the Non-objective Vision, Popular Revolutionalry Imagery, Books for Children, Constructivist Graphic Design and Photography and Photomontage. The second section includes Architecture and Industry, Photography in the Service of Propaganda, Non-official Publications. The collection af Russian Avant-Garde books was a gift from the Judith Rothschild Foundation and was conceived and organized by its trustee, Harvey Shipley Miller. An outstanding, detailed web-site of the books in the exhibition is available a www.moma.org/russian/. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2002

Russian Avant-Garde Books 1917-34 / Compton, Susan ; Mayakovsky V ; Kruchenykh A ; Lissitzky E ; Khlebnikov V ; Zdanevich K ; Kamensky V ; Rodchenko A ; Telingater S ; Zdanevich I ; Malevich K ; Chernikov I., 1992

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Identifier: CC-20258-20655
Scope and Contents

This is a revision of the same subject matter published previously by the author based upon books held by the British Library. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Russian Avant Garde; Pictures from the Collection Formed By George Costakis / Sotheby's ; Exter A ; Kliun I ; Popova L ; Malevich K ; Lodder C ; Puni I ; Rodchenko A ; Malevich K., 1990

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Identifier: CC-02444-2484
Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. The book includes a long introductory essay on the life of Costakis, the collector and his relation to the works in his collection. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Russian Books and Books on Russia / Sotheby's ; Ehrenburg I ; Kruchenykh A ; Annenkov Y ; Blok A ; Chicherin A ; Kamensky V ; Khlebnikov V ; Mayakovsky V., 1981

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Identifier: CC-30277-31686
Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. The Sackners purchased several books at this auction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Russian Futurist and Constructivist Books and Periodicals 1910-1932 / Martin-Malburet, Marc; Chernikov I; Ehrenburg I; Exter A; Burliuk D; Khlebnikov V; Kruchenykh A; Goncharova N; Kamensky V; Lissitzky E; Mayakovsky V; Rodchenko A; Malevich K; Annenkov Y., 1987

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Identifier: CC-05907-6019
Scope and Contents

This collection was acquired by the Getty Center For History of Arts and Humanities. There were extensive listings of books by Kruchenykh and Mayakovsky. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987