Fedor Fedorovskii: Legenda Bol'shogo teatra (Fedor Fedorovskii: legend of the Bolshoi Theater)
Moscow: Tret'iakovskaia galereia / Skanrus, 2014. Sewn cl. This is the catalogue of an exhibition that illustrates the career of an artist whose costume and set designs distinguished the performances of Moscow's Bolshoi Theater from 1908 to 1955. Published are works of Fedorovskii from collections at the Bakhrushin Theater Museum, the Bolshoi Theater Museum, and the Tretyakov Gallery. Splendidly produced with many full-page illustrations of set and costume designs, the catalogue publshes drawings, paintings and archival photos which together show how the artist conceived theater productions and how the Bolshoi realized them in actual sets, costumes, and performances. Chapters cover his work in the late imperial period, the avant-garde of the 1920s and early 30s, and the "grand style" of last twenty years. 362 p., 32 cm, approx. 400 color and b/w illus., Rus. Item #1923
ISBN: 9785435000719
Chapter titles: Beginning, 1908–18, Fedorovskii, Artist of the Zimin Private Opera; Avant-Garde, 1918–32, Fedorovskii and the Age of Experiments; Fedorovskii and the Curtains of the Bolshoi Theater; Productions in the "Big Style": 1932–55.
Price: $92.00