Mikhail Larionov and the Russian avant-garde / Anthony Parton
1993, 1st Edition. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #348839
ISBN: 0691036039
Physical description: xxiv, 254 pages: illustrations (some color); 29 cm. Contents: 1. Tiraspol to Myasnitskaya Ulitsa 1881-1908 -- 2. The Golden Fleece 1908-1910 -- 3. The Jack of Diamonds and Donkey's Tail 1910-1912 -- 4. The Futurists Take Command 1913-1914 -- 5. Russian Folk Art and the Sources of Neo-Primitivism -- 6. Antiquity and the Buryat Shaman -- 7. The Cubist and Futurist Roots of Rayism -- 8. The Modern Prometheus: Ouspensky's Four-Dimensional Superman -- 9. Towards an Avant-Garde Theatre 1914-1917 -- 10. Up and Coming in Paris and London 1917-1919 -- 11. Montparnasse Bienvenue 1919-1929 -- 12. Zhizn' Prokhodit, Lyubov' Net 1930-1964 -- Principal Exhibitions and Catalogues. Subjects: Larionov, Mikhail Fedorovich 1881-1964 Criticism and interpretation. Artists Soviet Union; Biography. Art, Russian 20th century.
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