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Russian avant garde

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 260 Collections and/or Records:

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

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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

Best Wishes / Muller, Martin., 1995

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Identifier: CC-38552-40460
Scope and Contents

The cover is a colored reproduction of a collage from Olga Rozanova's "Transrational Book" (1916), -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Book Garden, The: Contemporary Russian Artists' Books / Kruchenykh A ; Malevich K ; Kamensky V ; Khlebnikov V ; Lissitzky E ; Rodchenko A ; Stepanova V ; Gerlovina R ; Segay S ; Nikonova R ; Africa ; Konstriktor B., 1995

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Identifier: CC-24057-24509
Scope and Contents

Gleb Yershov contributes an essay, "The Emergence and Development of the Artists' Book in Russia" tracing their roots in avant garde publications. Mikhail Karasik curated the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

Burliuk by Katherine S. Dreier / Burliuk, David ; Duchamp M., 1944

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Identifier: CC-21876-22288
Scope and Contents

Reproductions were selected by Marcel Duchamp and Katherine Dreir. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1944

Capilano Review, The: bill bissett. No.23/Fall / Reid J ; McFadden D ; Nelson S ; Musgrave S ; bissett b ; Karasick A ; Copithorne J ; Ford K ; Lane P ; Gadd M ; Werschler-Henry D., 1997

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Identifier: CC-62545-47705
Scope and Contents

This issue consists of several short pieces by several writers and poets about bill bissett featuring personal reminiscences about adventures with him. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Captured Glance: The Avante-Garde and Advertising in the Twenties / Monica J Strauss, curator ; Schwitters K ; Chashnik IG ; Hoch H ; Bayer H ; Lissitzky E ; Michel R ; Zwart P ; Berman M ; Berlewi H., 1987

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Identifier: CC-16751-17106
Scope and Contents

The essay by Monica J. Strauss traces the successful collaboration between fine and commercial artists in Germany between the wars and questions the "rigid distinctions between art and design" in contemporary times. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1987

central european avant-gardes: exchange and transformation 1910-1930 / Benson, Timothy, editor ; Adler J ; Aleksic D ; Arp H ; Baumeister W ; Berlewi H ; Bortnyik S ; Brauner V ; Buchartz M ; Capek K ; Czyzewski T ; Dexel W ; VanDoesburg T ; Ehrenburg I ; Filla E ; Goll Y ; Golyscheff J ; Gropius W ; Hausmann R ; Huelsenbeck R ; Janco M ; Kandinsky V ; Kassak L ; Kobro K ; Lissitzky E ; Malevich K ; Marinetti FT ; Micic L ; Moholy-Nagy L ; Mondrian P ; Peiper T ; Puni I ; Schlemmer O ; Schwitters K ; Strzeminski W ; Styrsky J ; Teige K ; Tzara T ; Witkiewicz S ; Itten J ; Kiesler F ; Peri L ; Picasso P., 2002

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Identifier: CC-54514-989979
Scope and Contents Amazon.com: TCentral European Avant-Gardes presents the first interpretive overview of the complex webs of interaction among the artists and intellectuals of early twentieth-century Central Europe. The key stylistic transformation of the period was from Expressionism to Constructivism, as artists and writers, against a volatile background of war and revolution, saw the opportunity literally to construct a new world through their work. The borders between the visual arts, photography, film, architecture, poetry, and typography were obliterated, as artists sought to transcend the forces of traditionalism to forge an elemental visual language that would overcome national and linguistic boundaries. Yet at the same time that these artists advocated pluralism and unity, their work engaged issues such as nationalism and tradition that still resonate in artistic circles today.The book, which accompanies a major exhibition organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and curated by...
Dates: 2002

Chad Gadya and 8 Original Designs for Four Mathematical Processes / Lissitzky, El., 1979

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Identifier: CC-30140-31539
Scope and Contents

This exhibition consisted of the eleven original gouaches of "Chad Gadya," a song from the Jewish Haggadah for Passover and eight original designs for the childrens's book, "Four Mathematical Processes." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

Chernikhov (aka Chernikov) Fantasy and Construction / Cooke, Catherine., 1984

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Identifier: CC-61978-10004429
Scope and Contents

Includes English translation of Chernikov's book "The Construction of Architectural and Machine Forms. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Contemporary Prints / Sotheby's ; Rollins T+KOS ; Bartlett J ; Beuys J ; Darboven H ; Duchamp M ; Alechinsky P ; Johns J ; Beckett S ; Wool C ; Lichtenstein R ; Ray M ; Nauman B ; Warhol A ; Twombly C., 1997

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Identifier: CC-30293-31702
Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. The Sackners purchased Tim Rollins' portfolio " The Temptation of Saint Antony I-XIV)" from this auction. Duchamp's "The Large Glass and Related Works" and Samuel Beckett and Jasper Johns' "Fizzles," were also offered at this auction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Cornette De Saint-Cyr, Pierre. Avant-Garde/Jun / Martin-Malburet U., 1990

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Identifier: CC-16659-17014
Scope and Contents

Book is an auction catalog. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

Culture of Materials: The Russian Avant-garde and Counter - Cubism / Lissitzky E., 1991

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Identifier: CC-18897-19275
Scope and Contents

The Sackner Archive lent most of the works to this exhibition. A critical essay was written by Kimberly Paice, the curator. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Dance - Theater - Opera - Music Hall / Sotheby's ; Larionov M ; Goncharova N ; Bakst L ; Cocteau J., 1981

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Identifier: CC-30270-31679
Scope and Contents

Auction catalogue. The Sackners purchased Goncharova and Larionov's portfolio, "L'Art Decoratif Theatrale Moderne (1919) from this auction. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Dresses and Costumes: The Russian Avant-Garde 1920-1924 / Exter A ; Popova L., 1981

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Identifier: CC-14604-14917
Scope and Contents

The photograph depicts the reconstruction of the set by Popova for Meyerhold's play "The Magnanimous Cuckold." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981