Russian Pictures, Works of Art, and Icons

Russian Pictures, Works of Art, and Icons PDF Author: Sotheby's (Firm)
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Category : Art, Russian
Languages : en
Pages : 532

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Russian Pictures, Works of Art, and Icons

Russian Pictures, Works of Art, and Icons PDF Author: Sotheby's (Firm)
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Category : Art, Russian
Languages : en
Pages : 532

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Russian Works of Art

Russian Works of Art PDF Author: Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co
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Category : Art, Russian
Languages : en
Pages : 426

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Catalogues of Sale

Catalogues of Sale PDF Author: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Catalogue of Greek Icons

Catalogue of Greek Icons PDF Author: Sotheby & Co. (Firm)
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Category : Icons
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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The Athenæum

The Athenæum PDF Author:
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Languages : en
Pages : 698

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The Athenaeum

The Athenaeum PDF Author:
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1418

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Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle

Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle PDF Author:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1392

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Russian Works of Art

Russian Works of Art PDF Author: Parke-Bernet Galleries
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Category : Art, Russian
Languages : en
Pages : 202

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The New York Times Index

The New York Times Index PDF Author:
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Category : Indexes
Languages : en
Pages : 2256

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Selling Russia's Treasures

Selling Russia's Treasures PDF Author: N. I︠U︡ Semenova
Publisher: Abbeville Press
ISBN: 9780789211545
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Selling Russia's Treasures documents one of the great cultural dramas of the twentieth century: the sale, by a cash-hungry Soviet government, of the artistic treasures accumulated by the Russian aristocracy over the centuries and nationalized after the October 1917 revolution. An astonishing variety of objects, from icons and illuminated manuscripts to Fabergé eggs and Old Master paintings, entered the collections of wealthy Westerners like Andrew Mellon and Armand Hammer in the 1920s and 30s. Written by the leading experts in the field and long regarded as the definitive book on the subject, the original Russian edition of Selling Russia's Treasures is sought after scholars and laymen alike. Now, for the first time, it is made available in English, in a revised and expanded edition that includes a new chapter on the secret files of the Hermitage, previously considered lost, as well as new research on the sale of religious art, and of twentieth-century French masterworks from the Museum of New Western Art. Numerous color plates reunite long-dispersed works in a virtual museum that illustrates the powerful blow inflicted on Russia's cultural heritage by these secretive sales, and rare photographs and archival documents help bring this buried history to light.