Peterburg: Khudozhestvennaia zhizn’ 1900 – 1916: Fotoletopis' / St. Petersburg: Artistic Life 1900 – 1916: Photochronicle; : 1900-1916 :
St. Petersburg: Iskusstvo-SPB, 2001. Sewn cl. These photographs, many taken by the best photographers of the early twentieth century, show painters, actors, musicians, writers, dancers, and singers in their artistic milieus. Many photos are both visual documents and artistic works such as the greatest painter of his age, Ilya Repin, skating on the ice of the Gulf of Finland with the greatest singer of his age, Fedor Chaliapin; the avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich clowning with futurist poet the poet Aleksei Kruchenykh working on opera “Victory Over the Sun”; the ballerina Anna Pavlova relaxing in an armchair with her pet bulldog; portraits of the writers Maxim Gorkii and Osip Mandelshtam in their prime. 216 pp., 9 1/8 x 10 7/8 ins., 201 b-&-w illus., sewn cl., Rus. and ENGLISH. Item #3381
ISBN: 5210015084
Price: $45.00