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(Aperture #A3748)
Aperture. No. 116 (Fall 1989). Special issue:
Photostroika: New Soviet Photography. Includes: LYALYA
KUZNETOSOVA's Scenes of Gypsy Life; I. Gavrilov, Elena
Darikovich, F. Infante, V. Koleichuk, K. Suur, V. Zotov, and a
dozen others; roundtable interview with 4 Soviet filmmakers.
4to, wrps. Light crease rear cover, else near-fine. $16.00.
(BEERZEL #A3509)
BEERZEL. ICAT- Belgium. Masters of the Late 20th Century.
Unpaginated (76 pp.) exhib. cat., 91 color plates, biogs. Work
by ten lesser-known young Soviet painters, including: G.
Baimatov, M. Stjirov, S. Zaitsev, B. Djalal, I. Volnova, I.
Tzoezikov, A. Waldman, A. Nasritdinov, B. Juldashev, A.
Esdouletov. 4to, stiff wrps. Beerzel, B.V.B.A., 1993. Fine.
$15.00.
(BIRD #A1900)
BIRD, ALAN. A History of Russian Painting. 303 pp., 135
b&w illus., 16 full page color plates. 4to, cloth, d.j.
First edition. London, Phaidon, 1987. Fine/Fine. $55.00.
(BOWN #A3293)
BOWN, MATTHEW CULLERNE. Art Under Stalin. 256 pp., 185
illus., artists' biogs., bibliog., index. The first major survey
of the art and architecture of the Stalinist era (1932-53).
Small 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Holmes & Meier, 1991. Mint.
$35.00.
(BUDAPEST #A2796)
BUDAPEST. Soros Foundation Fine Art Documentation Center.
Modern and Contemporary Hungarian Art: Bulletin 1985-
1990. 132 pp., 70 color plates. Texts by Lajos Nemeth,
Miklos Peternak. 48 recent Hungarian artists are represented in
this selection; bios., exhibs., colls. & artist's statement
for each. Useful list of exhibs. featuring Hungarian art outside
of Hungary during these years. 4to, stiff wrps, d.j. (as
issued). 1991. Fine/Near-fine (slight rubbing upper edge of d.j.
with tiny closed tear head of spine.) $28.00.
(COLOGNE #A4658)
COLOGNE. Galerie Gmurzynska. MALEVICH - SUETIN -
CHASHNIK. 311 pp., over 200 illus. and photos, including 100
excellent color plates, appendix of artists' statements and
letters, bibliog., glossary. Text by Vassily Rakitin in German
with brochure containing English and French translation laid in.
Sq. stout 4to, sewn, in laminated papered boards. 1992. New copy
with lightly rubbed corners. $65.00.
(COLUMBUS #A3412)
COLUMBUS. Museum of Art. The Quest for Self-Expression:
Painting in Moscow and Leningrad 1965-1990. 191 pp., 94
illus., mostly excellent full-page color plates. Biogs. of 41
artists, brief bibliog., index. Substantial texts by John E.
Bowlt and Elena Kornetchuk. Important catalogue. 4to, stiff
wrps. 1990. New. $25.00.
(DETROIT #A7030)
DETROIT. Institute of Arts. Symbolism in Polish Painting.
163 pp. exhib. cat., 105 works, all illus., 26 color plates,
bibliog. Text by Agnieszka Morawinska. One of the few Eng. lang.
texts on this material. 4to, stiff wrps. 1986. Near-fine. Nice
gift inscriptions by author and from recipient to next owner.
$28.50.
(ELLIOT #A4793)
ELLIOT, DAVID. New Worlds: Russian Art and Society 1900-
1937. 160 pp., 323 sepia and b&w illus., bibliog.,
index. The political background to the cultural transformation
of the arts. Many interesting historic photos. 4to, wrps. New
York, Thames and Hudson, 1986. New. (Pub. at $19.95).
$17.95.
(FAUCHEREAU #A2550)
FAUCHEREAU, SERGE, ed. Moscow 1900-1930. 275 pp., 295
illus., 83 in color. Texts by Fauchereau, A.Lischke, E.Rakitina,
N. Simsolo, A.Turowski, S.Zadora on painting, sculpture,
literature, theater, architecture, cinema. 4to, cloth, d.j.
London, Alpine, 1988. Mint. $35.00.
(FEHER #A1964)
FEHER, ZSUZSA and Gabor O. Pogany. Twentieth Century
Hungarian Painting: A Selection of Paintings from the Hungarian
National Gallery. 20 pp. text and 60 pp. full page color
plates. Folio, cloth, d.j. Second enlarged ed. Budapest,
Corvina, 1975. Three short closed tears edge of d.j., a few
smudges, else fine/near-fine. $35.00.
(FORT WORTH #A3100)
FORT WORTH. Modern Art Museum. 10+10: Contemporary Soviet and
American Painters. 170 pp., 71 full-page color plates,
statements, biogs., exhibs., bibliog. for each of 20 artists.
Texts by John E. Bowlt, Victor Misiano. Dual lang.
English/Russian. Women artists include: APRIL GORNIK, ANNETTE
LEMIEUX, REBECCA PURDUM. Square 4to, stiff wrps. 1989. Fine.
$17.50.
(FRYS #A6337)
FRYS, EWA, ANNA IRACKA, and MARIAN POKROPEK. Folk Art in
Poland. 351 pp., 453 illus., many in color, huge bibliog.,
index of geographical names, index of names. Covers everything
from architectural decoration to bread sculptures. A handsome
publication. Sq. 4to, cloth, d.j. Warsaw, Arkady, 1991.
Fine/Fine. $65.00.
(GOLOMSTOCK #A4795)
GOLOMSTOCK, IGOR. Totalitarian Art in the Soviet Union, The
Third Reich, Fascist Italy and the People's Republic of
China. 416 pp., 214 b&w illlus., 189 color plates,
notes, index. Stout 8vo, wrps. London, Collins Harvill, 1990.
New. $20.00.
(GOULDING #A2400)
GOULDING, DANIEL J. Liberated Cinema: The Yugoslav
Experience. 190 pp., numerous b&w illus., notes,
bibliog., index. Covers the period 1945-83, including many films
and directors unknown in the U.S. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First
edition. Bloomington, Indiana Univ. Press, 1985. Slight dents
upper edge, else crisp near-fine copy in edge-worn d.j.
$25.00.
(GOULDING #A2567)
GOULDING, DANIEL J., ed. Post New Wave Cinema in the Soviet
Union and Eastern Europe. 317 pp., numerous b&w illus.,
bibliog., indices of film titles, names. Critical texts by
Lawton, Leonhard, Turaj, Paul, Holloway, and Goulding. 8vo,
wrps. Bloomington, Indiana Univ. Press, 1989. New. $16.00.
(GREWENIG #A2226)
GREWENIG, MEINRAD, PAWET SOSNOWSKI and RYSZARD STANISLAWSKI.
Polen Zeit Kunst/Polska Czas Sztuka: Anna Beller, Adam
Brincken, Tomasz Ciecierski, Jaroslaw Modzelewski, Wlodzimierz
Pawlak, Zbigniew Salaj, Leon Tarasewicz, Waldemar
Umiastowski. 2 vols. I: 119 pp. exhib. cat., 10 b&w, 55
color plates, text in German; II: 61 pp. Polish translation of
German text. Biogs. and statements by eight major contemporary
Polish painters about their work as well as informative intro.
texts on modern art in Poland. 4to, wrps. Sankt Augustin,
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and Mainz, Philipp von Zabern, 1990.
New. $45.00.
(GROYS #A3803)
GROYS, BORIS. The Total Art of Stalinism: Avant-Garde,
Aestheitic Dictatorship, and Beyond. 126 pp., notes with
bibliog. Trans. from German. 8vo, cloth, d.j. First Eng. lang.
ed. Princeton, Princeton Univ. Press, 1992. New. (Pub. at
$19.95) $15.00.
(HALEVY #A1386)
HALEVY, DANIEL. Courrier d'Europe. 318 pp. collected
essays including "Le Voyage polonais," "Le Voyage anglais,"
"Peintres francais a Londres," "La France jugee" et al. 4to,
cloth. Paris, Bernard Grasset, 1933. Ex Libris: bookplate,
stamp, card pocket. $18.00.
(LAWTON #A2563)
LAWTON, ANNA. Kinoglasnost: Soviet Cinema in our Time.
288 pp., 34 b&w film stills, bibliog., filmog., index.
State-of-the-art discussion of the restructuring of the film
industry, emergence of independent production and the political
thrust of the new Soviet cinema. 8vo, wrps. Cambridge Univ.
Press, 1992. New. $17.00.
(LAWTON #A2566)
LAWTON, ANNA, ed. The Red Screen: Politics, Society, Art in
the Soviet Cinema. 360 pp. The best collection in English of
critical articles on Soviet cinema from Potemkin to "after
Tartovsky." Thick 8vo, wrps. London and New York, Routledge,
1992. New. $22.50.
(LIVSHITS #A2909)
LIVSHITS, BENEDIKT. The One And A Half-Eyed Archer
(Polutoraglazyi strelets). 272 pp., 42 illus. Trans.,
edited, and intro. by John E. Bowlt. The fascinating 1930
memoirs of this poet/critic/member of the Russian Cubofuturist
movement as well as a futurist document in its own right.
Numerous references to GONCHAROVA, KLEBNIKOV, MALEVICH, et al
8vo, cloth, d.j. Newtonville, Oriental Research Partners, 1977.
Near-fine crisp copy/near-fine d.j. Half of the text pages are a
bit waved (as from a problematic press run.) Faint stain on
inside of back panel of d.j. Price clipped. $48.00.
(LONDON #A4664)
London. Phillips. RUSSIAN ART. Sales cat. of 181 lots.
208 pp., more than 100 in color. Includes numerous works by
Russian avant garde women artists. 8vo, wrps. April 2, 1990.
Near-fine. $25.00.
(LOS ANGELES #A4665)
LOS ANGELES. County Museum of Art. The Avant-Garde in Russia,
1910-1930. Symposium on Victory over the Sun, Soviet Silent Film
and the Avant-Garde. 30 pp., symposium program, essay by
Robert Rosen and summaries of "Victory Over the Sun" and 12
soviet films. 4to, wrps. Fine. $12.00.
(LOS ANGELES #A1971)
LOS ANGELES. County Museum of Art. The Avant-Garde in Russia
1910-1930: New Perspectives. 287 pp. richly illus. in
b&w. Ed. Stephanie Barron and Maurice Tuchman. 4to, wrps.
Cambridge, MIT Press, 1980. Fine. $30.00.
(MARKOV #A5547)
MARKOV, VLADIMIR. Russian Futurism: A History. 467 pp.,
32 pp. illus. Still the standard reference work on this topic.
Scarce. Large 8vo, cloth, d.j. Berkeley, University of
California Press, 1968. Fine/Near-fine. $135.00.
(MARSHALL #A3081)
MARSHALL, HERBERT. Masters of the Soviet Cinema: Crippled
Creative Biographies. 252 pp., 16 pp. b&w photos and
illus., index. 8vo, cloth, d.j. London and Boston, Routledge,
1983. Fine/Fine. $25.00.
(MOSCOW #A4666)
MOSCOW. International Conference. Russkii Avangard v Krugu
Europeiskoi Kultury (The Russian Avant-Garde within European
Culture). 198 pp. rotoprint of multi-disciplinary conference
papers (many with footnotes), by dozens of contributors, index.
In Russian. 4to, wrps. Ed. of 600. Moscow, 1993. V.G.+.
$40.00.
(MOSCOW #A4660)
MOSCOW. Russian Museums. Vystavka Novykh Postuplenii: Russkii
Risunok XVII - Nachala XX Veka (Exhibition of new acquisitions:
Russian Drawing from the 18th to early 20th Century). 107
pp., approx. 38 b&w illus., biogs., intro essay. In Russian.
Small 8vo, wrps. 1990. Near-fine. $22.00.
(MOSCOW #A4662)
MOSCOW. Russian Museums. Vystavka Novykh Postuplenii
Sovetskaia Grafika ( Exhibition of New Acquisitions: Soviet
Graphics). 128 pp., b&w illus., artists' biogs. Intro
essay. In Russian. Small 8vo, wrps. 1991. VG+. (Lightly scuffed,
small smudge). $22.50.
(MUDRAK #A2284)
MUDRAK, MYROSLAVA M. The New Generation and Artistic
Modernism in the Ukraine. 282 pp., 57 b&w illus.,
bibliog, index, appendices of manifestos by Semenko, Matyushin.
A history of Panfuturism thru Constructivism. 8vo, cloth, no
d.j. (as issued). Ann Arbor (Mich.), UMI, 1986. Fine.
$45.00.
(MUNCHEN #A2792)
MUNCHEN. Galerie der Kunstler. Zeitgenossische bildende Kunst
aus Ungarn. 79 pp. exhib. cat., 56 illus., 24 in color. Text
in German by Eva Gelencser. Includes the work of 59 new
Hungarian artists. 4to, stiff wrps. 1987. Fine. $27.50.
(NAKOV #A2225)
NAKOV, ANDREI B. Russian Pioneers at the origins of non-
objective art. 95 pp., 58 illus., some in color. An
important and scarce exhibition catalogue including roughly
eighteen Russian constructivist artists. Text in French/English.
Small oblong 4to, stiff-wrps. London, Annely Juda Fine Art,
1976. Fine. $60.00.
(NEIZVESTNY #A3283)
BERGER, JOHN. Art and Revolution, ERNST NEIZVESTNY and the
Role of the Artist in the USSR. 191 pp., approx. 90 b&w
illus., index. A nice copy of this classic. 8vo, cloth, d.j.
First U.S. edition. New York, Pantheon, 1969. D.j. somewhat age-
yellowed, else fine/near-fine. $40.00.
(NEW YORK #A4841)
NEW YORK. Kent Fine Art. Of Absence and Presence. 55 pp.
Includes: Ilya CHASNIK (7 works), E. KELLY (5 works), MALEVICH
(3 works), REINHARDT (4 works), D. SMITH, T. SMITH Small 4to,
stiff wrps. 1986. Fine. $14.50.
(NEW YORK #A1889)
NEW YORK. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Russian and Soviet
Painting: An Exhibition from the Museums of the USSR. 165
pp., richly illus., 24 in color. Intro. by D. V. Sarabianov.
Chronol., biogs. 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Rizzoli, 1977.
Slight wear to d.j. along top edge, else v.g.+. $30.00.
(PARIS #A2636)
PARIS. Centre Georges Pompidou. Presences Polonaises. 334
pp. cat. of exhib. containing over 1300 works, hundreds of
illus., 34 color plates. Several dozen texts on painting,
sculpture, photography, architecture, theater, film, literary
figures and other intellectuals. A major catalogue in the
tradition of the important Pompidou exhibitions of the 1980s.
Large 4to, wrps. Original large format edition. 1983. Price
scratched out on rear panel, else fine. $100.00.
(RICKEY #A1248)
RICKEY, GEORGE. Constructivism. Origins and Evolution.
305 pp. well illustrated. Square 4to, cloth, d.j. New York,
Braziller, 1967. Some wear to top edge and spine of d.j., else
near-fine in v.g.+ d.j. $100.00.
(RUDNITSKY #A4707)
RUDNITSKY, KONSTANTIN. Russian and Soviet Theater 1905-
1932. 320 pp., 457 illus., 64 in color, bibliog., index.
Many previously unpublished photos and much new information.
4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Abrams, 1988. As new. $50.00.
(SARABIANOV #A6194)
SARABIANOV, D. et al. [Russian Theatre Design]. Catalogue
listing 401 works by 92 artists, 17 nice color plates, 6 b&w
illus.Texts by D. Sarabianov, John Bowlt, et al. in Russian.
Narrow 4to, wrps. Moscow, 1988. Near-fine. $20.00.
(SARABIANOV #A5322)
SARABIANOV, DMITRI V. Russian Art from Neoclassicism to the
Avant-Garde, 1800-1917: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture.
320 pp., 354 illus., including 81 mostly full-page color plates,
notes, bibliog., list of illus., index. Excellent coverage of
genres, major and minor artists. 4to, cloth, d.j. New York,
Abrams, 1990. As new. $35.00.
(SCHNITZER #A2562)
SCHNITZER, LUDA and JEAN. Cinema in Revolution: The Heroic
Era of the Soviet Film. 208 pp., numerous b&w film
stills. Excellent glossary and index. 8vo, wrps. N.Y., Da Capo,
1987 (reprint of London 1973 edition). Near-fine. $10.00.
(STILLWATER #A2105)
STILLWATER (Oklahoma). Gardiner Art Gallery, Oklahoma State
Univ. Twentieth-Century Russian Art. 26 pp. exhib. cat.
4to, stapled wrps. Fine. $7.50.
(STOIL #A3080)
STOIL, MICHAEL J. Balkan Cinema: Evolution after the
Revolution. 160 pp., b&w illus., filmog., bibliog.,
index. 8vo, cloth. No d.j. (as issued.) Ann Arbor, UMI, 1982.
Fine. $20.00.
(SZAFER #A2775)
SZAFER, T. PRZEMYSLAW. Contemporary Polish Architecture.
243 pp., 801 illus., 126 in color, biogs., index of names, index
of sites. Excellent survey of the work of many architects. Text
in English/Polish/Russian. Large 4to, cloth ,d.j. Warsaw,
Arkady, 1988. Corners & lower edge bumped, in edge-wrinkled
d.j. with one closed tear along rear flap fold. VG+/VG+.
$30.00.
(TAMRUCHI #A2518)
TAMRUCHI, NATALIA. Moscow Conceptualism 1970-1990. 111
pp., 50 illus., 37 full-page color, bibliog. 4to, cloth, d.j.
First edition. Craftsman House, 1995. New. $35.00.
(TAYLOR #A3743)
TAYLOR, RICHARD and IAN CHRISTIE, eds. The Film Factory:
Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents 1896-1939. 457 pp.,
135 illus., 154 documents (many in English for the first time),
tables of cinema installations, production, filmog., filmog.,
indices of directors, names, general index. Small 4to, wrps.
First pb ed. Routledge, 1994. Fine. $17.50.
(TAYLOR #A4421)
TAYLOR, RICHARD and IAN CHRISTIE, eds. The Film Factory:
Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents 1896-1939. 457 pp.,
135 illus., 154 documents (many in English for the first time),
tables of cinema installations, production, filmog., filmog.,
indices of directors, names, general index. Small 4to, cloth,
d.j. Cambridge, Harvard Univ. Press, 1988. Fine/Fine.
$25.00.
(VORONTSOV #A7419)
VORONTSOV, YURI and IGOR RACHUK. The Phenomenon of the Soviet
Cinema. 423 pp. plus 50 pp. b&w photos, index. In
English. 12mo, papered bds. Moscow, Progress Pub., 1980. Near-
fine. $25.00.
(WHYTE #A5353)
WHYTE, ALISTAIR. New Cinema in Eastern Europe. 159 pp.,
approx. 140 b&w illus., bibliog., index. Survey covering
Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, with quick sketch
of Albania, Romania, GDR, Bulgaria. 12mo, wrps. London, Studio
Vista, 1971. V.G., some yellowing, corner bumped, slight
abrasion where last page was stuck to rear cover. $16.00.
(ZIZEK #A5446)
ZIZEK, SLAVOJ. Looking Awry: An Introduction to JACQUES LACAN
through Popular Culture. 188 pp., notes, index. A reading of
Lacan through works of contemporary popular culture from
Sherlock Holmes to Stephen King, with a particular emphasis on
the films of Hitchcock. 8vo, wrps. 2nd printing. Cambridge, MIT
Press, 1991. Fine. $14.00.
(ZORKAYA #A3107)
ZORKAYA, NEYA. The Illustrated History of Soviet Cinema.
320 pp. text, numerous b&w illus. Covers from 1908 through
Glasnost from a Russian critical perspective. Small square 4to,
wrps. New York, Hippocrene, 1991. New. $12.00.
(ZORKAYA #A3717)
ZORKAYA, NEYA. The Illustrated History of Soviet Cinema.
320 pp. text, numerous b&w illus. Covers from 1908 through
Glasnost from a Russian critical perspective. Small 4to, cloth,
d.j. New York, Hippocrene, 1991. NF/NF. $22.00.
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