Russkii avangard. Iskusstvo dlia novogo mira / Russkii avangard. Art for a New World, 9785907653184
St. Petersburg: Herm, 2023. Sewn cl. This catalogue of an exhibition publishes works of fine and applied arts and astonishes by the range of material of the Russian avant-garde found in the Hermitage, which is of course most famous for its Western European collections. Also unusual are the sketches for porcelain designs by artists like Rudolf Vilde, Nikolai Suetin, and Vasilii Kandinskii, which are forceful works of art in themselves. Section headings: Kandinskii's cup; Pursuit of the endless: on Kandinskii's and Malevich's art; Avant-Garde in the history of the Imperial Porcelain Factory; Suprematist porcelain as a page of the avant-garde; Porcelain of the 1920s and 30s: between the avant-garde and socialist realism; Soviet agitation textiles; Word and image: propaganda in book art and applied arts; Catalogue: painting, graphic art, photography, porcelain, prints, textiles of the 1920s and 30s, clothing design of the 1920s. 447 p., 31 cm, approx. 300 color illus., Rus. with title page and summary in ENGLISH. Item #4605
ISBN: 9785907653184
Price: $138.00