Author: Rudenstein, Angelica Zander, ed
Title: Russian Avant-Garde Art: The George Costakis Collection
Description: New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1981. Hardcover. White cloth, 527 pp. 569 BW, 632 color plates; no just jacket; weighs 6.5 lbs. Text in German. The George Costakis Collection of Russian and Soviet art of the avant-garde was assembled in Moscow over a period of thirty years. By the time Costakis left his Moscow home in 1977 to settle in Athens, his collection had become the single most comprehensive "museum" of such art in the world. With exhaustive text about the man and his collection, 1171 images and an extensive chronology. A massive volume that features works of more than 65 artists. Complete with artist biographies, documentation, an introduction by S. Frederick Starr and an article by George Costakis, "Collecting Art of the Avant-Garde. VG- (Ex-library, with few marks and labels, bookplate at inside front cover, pages are tanning in margins, color block on front cover has bled into surrounding white, otherwise still a a great resource.) .

Keywords: Russian Art ; Costakis, George ; ; Collections - Russian Art


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