FS:Art & Arch.--Russia & Eastern Europe
Jerry Sobel
European publications):
20TH CENTURY ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF RUSSIA AND EASTERN EUROPE
I. CZECHOSLOVAKIA:
(LAMAC #AC1013)
Lamac, Miroslav. Cubisme Tcheque. 280 pp. Color, b&w illus.
throughout. Series: lnventaire. Catalogue to the Centre Pompidou's
exhibit "Cubismes tcheques, 1910-1925: architecture, design, arts
plastiques." French text. 8x12. Halfcloth, d.j. Flammarion: Paris,
1992. New. $80.00.
(MORAVANSZKY #AC1016)
Moravanszky, Akos. Die Architektur der Donaumonarchie. 238 pp. Profuse
b&w photos, dwgs. Fin-de-siecle architecture in the Austro-Hungarian
empire, containing rarely-noted work from Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and
Austrian hinterlands. German text. 9x10. Cloth, d.j. Ernst & Sohn:
Berlin, 1988. New. $55.00.
(SVACHA #AC1002)
Svacha, Rostislav. The Architecture of New Prague 1895-1945. 573 pp.
Many b&w photos, occasional plans. Foreword by Kenneth Frampton, essay
by Eric Dluhosch. 9x10. Cloth, d.j. MIT Press: Cambridge, 1995. New.
$50.00.
(VEGESACK #AC1014)
Vegesack, Alexander von, ed. Czech Cubism: Architecture, Furniture,
Decorative Arts. 344 pp., 270 color, 270 b&w illus. Already an
important sourcebook on this subject. 8x12. Cloth, d.j. Princeton
Architectural Press: New York, 1992. New. $65.00.
II. HUNGARY:
(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. Budapest, Corvina, 1975 (Second enlarged edition). Three short
closed tears edge of d.j., a few smudges, else near-fine. $35.00.
(JAHN #AC1005)
Jahn, Harald A. and Andras Szekely. Jugendstil in Budapest. 176 pp.,
70 color plates. Series: Die bibliophilen Taschenbucher. A guide to
20 Jugendstil monuments in Budapest. Work by Odon Lechner, Emil
Vidor, Aladar Arkay, etc. German text. 5x7. Wrps. Harenberg: Dortmund,
1995. New. $29.00.
(LUKACS #A2067)
LUKACS, JOHN. Budapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City and its
Culture. 255 pp., 54 b&w photos, substantial bibliog., index. Lively
account of the city and its artistic occupants. Small 4to, wrps. New
York, Grove Press, 1990 (First paperback edit.). Fine. $6.00.
(MAHOLY-NAGY #A1887)
Kostelanetz, Richard, ed. MOHOLY-NAGY: An Anthology. 238 pp., 67
illus. Collection of writings by Moholy-Nagy and his contemporaries.
Square 8vo, wrps. New York, Da Capo Press, 1970. Near-fine. $35.00.
(MORAVANSZKY #AC1016)
Moravanszky, Akos. Die Architektur der Donaumonarchie. 238 pp. Profuse
b&w photos, dwgs. Fin-de-siecle architecture in the Austro-Hungarian
empire, containing rarely-noted work from Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and
Austrian hinterlands. German text. 9x10. Cloth, d.j. Ernst & Sohn:
Berlin, 1988. New. $55.00.
III. POLAND:
(CZERNER #AC1001)
Czerner, Olgierd and Hieronim Listowsky. The Polish Avant-Garde
1918-1939. 307 pp. Profuse b&w illus. French/Polish/English text.
Architectural modernism in Poland between the wars. 8x9. Cloth, d.j.
Archives d'Architecture Moderns: Brussels, 1981. New. $27.50.
(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.
(GUTSCHOW #AC1010)
Gutschow, Niels and Barbara Klain. Vernichtung und Utopie:
Stadtplanung Warschau 1939-1945. 187 pp., 21 color, numerous b&w
plans, dwgs, photos. Urban designs for occupied, shattered Warsaw in
World War II. Projects by underground Polish CIAM members, by
aboveground Nazis & by Stalinists in Moscow. Profoundly sad. German
text. 9x9. Wrps. Junius: Hamburg, 1994. New. $37.50.
(TOPOLSKI, FELIKS #A2224)
TOPOLSKI, FELIKS. Fourteen Letters. The unpaginated (huge tome over
525 pp.) autobiography, packed with photos, collages, drawings,
paintings of this Polish artist, poet, filmmaker, journalist and
traveller through the 20th century. Small thick 4to, stiff wrps.
London, Faber & Faber, 1988. As new. $40.00.
IV. RUSSIA:
(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. $55.00.
(BRUMFIELD #AC1011)
Brumfield, William Craft and Balir A. Ruble, eds. Russian Housing in
the Modern Age: Design and Social History. 322 pp., 78 b&w illus.
Series: Woodrow Wilson Center Series. 8x10. Cloth, d.j. Cambridge
Univ. Press: Cambridge, 1993. New. $90.00.
(BULATOV #A1540)
NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA. Southeastern Mass. University Art Gallery.
POST-UTOPIA: Paintings and Installations by the Soviet Conceptualists
Eric BULATOV, Ilya KABAKOV and KOMAR & MELAMID. 24 pp. exhib. cat., 6
b&w illus. Intro. by Lasse Antonsen, poems by KOMAR & MELAMID, texts
by Ilya KABAKOV. Oblong 4to, wrps. 1989. Fine. $16.00.
(CHAN-MAGOMEDOV #AC1006)
Chan-Magomedov, Selim O. et al. Avantgarde II, 1924-1937: Sowjetische
Architektur. 288 pp., 30 color, profuse b&w illus. Catalogue to a
second exhibit (following one on the years 1900- 1923) extending the
history of Russian Constructivist architecture. Contains many
lesser-known projects. German text. 9x12. Cloth, d.j. Hatje:
Stuttgart, 1993. New. $85.00.
(DIAGHILEV #A1772)
WASHINGTON, D.C. International Exhibitions Foundation. DIAGHILEV and
Russian Stage Designers: Stage and Costume Designs from the Collection
of Mr. and Mrs. N. Lobanov-Rostovsky. 64 pp., 110 b&w illus. Essay by
John Bowlt. Brief biographical entries on 36 artists, bibliog. 4to,
wrps. 1972. Cover slightly soiled, owner's name inside front cover,
initials on corner of title page. V.g. $16.00.
(GRAEFE #AC1003)
Graefe, Rainer et al, eds. Avantgarde 1900-1923: Russisch-sowjetische
Architektur. 318 pp., 511 b&w, color illus. Catalogue to the exhibit
originating in Moscow of radical Russian architects of the early 20th
century: revealing a multiplicity of movements, instead of a single
constructivist thrust. German text. 9x12. Cloth, d.j. DVA: Stuttgart,
1991. New. $82.50.
(HUDSON #AC1012)
Hudson, Hugh D., Jr. Blueprints and Blood: The Stalinization of Soviet
Architecture 1917-1937. 260 pp., 67 b&w illus. 6x9. Cloth, d.j.
Princeton Univ. Press. Princeton, 1994. New. $35.00.
(JAWLENSKY #A1891)
New York. Leonard Hutton Galleries. JAWLENSKY & Major German
Expressionists. 87 pp. exhib. cat., 40 exceptionally nice color
plates. Large 4to, wrps. 1980. Cover somewhat rubbed, else V.g.+.
$20.00.
(JAWLENSKY #A1831)
Weiler, Clemens. ALEXEJ VON JAWLENSKY Gemalde. 48 pp., 16 color
plates. Essay by Weiler (in German.) 8vo, laminated boards, no d.j. as
published. Feldafing, Buchheim, 1958. Endpapers slight bubbling as
published. Near-fine. $12.00.
(KANDINSKY #A1351)
New York. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. VASILY KANDINSKY 1866-1944 in
the Collection of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.
Unpaginated exh. cat., many illus., 28 in color. Square 4to, stiff
wrps. 1972. Near-fine crisp copy. $50.00.
(KANDINSKY #A1352)
Overy, Paul. KANDINSKY, The Language of the Eye. 192 pp., many illus.,
most in color. 4to, wrps, d.j. London, Elek Books, 1976 edition.
Price-clipped, minor wear to edge of d.j., v.g.+. $45.00.
(KANDINSKY #A1450)
Poling, Clark V. KANDINSKY'S Teaching at the Bauhaus, Color Theory and
Analytical Drawing. 160 pp., 175 illus, 40 in color. Catalogue of
student works, bibliog. Sq. 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Rizzoli, 1986.
As new. $45.00.
(KANDINSKY #A2032)
Roethel, Hans K. and Jean K. Benjamin. KANDINSKY: Catalogue Raisonne
of the Oil Paintings, vol. I, 1900-1916. 558 pp., 595 entries, many in
color. Square folio, cloth, d.j. Ithaca, Cornell Univ. Press, 1982.
Fine in near-fine d.j. $220.00.
(KANDINSKY #A2033)
Roethel, Hans K. and Jean K. Benjamin. KANDINSKY: Catalogue Raisonne
of the Oil Paintings, vol. II, 1916-1944. 551 pp., over 575 entries,
many in color. Square folio, cloth, d.j. Ithaca, Cornell Univ. Press,
1984. Fine in near-fine d.j. $220.00.
(KANDINSKY #A1353)
Roethel, Hans in collab. with Jean K. Benjamin. KANDINSKY. 172 pp., 48
tipped-in color plates, 153 b&w. Folio, cloth, d.j. New York, Hudson
Hills Press, 1979. Price-clipped, else v.g.+. $110.00.
(KANDINSKY #A1349)
Vergo, Peter. KANDINSKY: Cossacks. 32 pp. essay, 24 illus, 1 in color
4to, wrps. London, Tate Gallery, 1986. As new. $10.00.
(KANDINSKY #A1342)
Vezin, Annette and Luc. KANDINSKY and Der Blaue Reiter. 223 pp., 181
color plates & several b&w Large 4to, cloth, d.j. Paris, Pierre
Terrail, 1992. As new. $30.00.
(KOPP #AC1008)
Kopp, Anatole. L'architecture de la periode stalinienne. 416 pp., 128
b&w illus. A history of Soviet architecture under Stalin. French text.
5x9. Wrps. Ecole nationale superieure des Beaux Arts: Paris, 1985.
New. $21.00.
(KOPP #AC1021)
Kopp, Anatole. Quand le Moderne n'etait pas un style mais une cause.
336 pp., 94 b&w illus. A disinterment of the sociopolitical
convictions held by the masters of modern architecture, particularly
in Germany, the Soviet Union, France and the USA. French text. 6x8.
Wrps. Ecole nationale superieure des Beaux Arts: Paris, 1988. New.
$31.00.
(LARIONOV #A1389)
New York. Acquavella Gallery. MICHEL LARIONOV. Unpaginated exhib.
cat., 42 color plates. 4to, wrps. 1969. Fine. $18.00.
(LISSITZKY #AC1004)
Hemken, Kai-Uwe. El Lissitzky: Revolution und Avantgarde. 211 pp., 26
color, 78 b&w illus. An inexpensive survey of this artist's work in
various media. German text. 5x7. Wrps. Dumont: Cologne, 1990. New.
$15.00.
(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.
(MALEVICH #A1958)
Amsterdam. Stedelijk Museum. MALEVICH. 168 pp. exhib. cat. Hundreds of
illus., 20 in color. Catalogue Raisonne of Malevich exhib. in Berlin
1927, biog. Important critical catalogue by Troels Andersen. Text in
English. Small square folio, self-wrps. 1970. Spine and lower rear
corner slightly creased, minor rubbing, else near-fine. $335.00.
(MALEVICH #A1960)
London. Whitechapel Gallery. KASIMIR MALEVICH 1878-1935. 25 pp. text,
and 26 b&w plates. Intro. by Camilla Gray, excerpts from artist's
writings. Square 4to, wrps. 1959. Covers scuffed, some spotting inside
of covers, else v.g. $15.00.
(MALEVICH #A1465)
New York. Metropolitan Museum of Art. KAZIMIR MALEVICH, 1878-1935. 230
pp. exhib. cat. Approx 200 illus., most in color. Texts by W.A.L.
Beeren, Joop M Joosten, Dmitrii Sarabianov, John E. Bowlt, Milda
Vikturina & Alla Lukanova, Natalia Avtonomova. Chronol., bibliog.,
selections from artist's writings. 4to, wrps. 1990. Fine. $20.00.
(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.
(NEW YORK #A1889)
NEW YORK. The 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 #A1391)
PARIS. Centre Pompidou. Paris - Moscou, 1900-1930 (Arts plastiques,
arts appliques et objets utilitaires, architecture-urbanisme,
agitprop, affiche, theatre-ballet, litterature, musique, cinema, photo
creative). 583 pp. Important profusely illus. exhib. catalogue. Texts
by J. Millier, P. Hulten, A. Khaltourine, V.M. Polevoi. Large 4to,
wrps. (Original large format edition.) 1979. Slight wear, minor dents
in cover, else near-fine. $400.00.
(POPOVA #A2228)
SARABIANOV, DMITRI and NATALIA L ADASKINA. LIUBOV POPOVA. 396 pp., 433
illus., 133 excellent color plates, appendices of writings by Popova,
chronol., index. The best of the monographs on this Russian woman
artist. Large 4to, cloth, d.j. First English lang. edition. New York,
Abrams, 1990. As new. $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.
(STEPANOVA #A1708)
Lavrentiev, Alexander. VARVARA STEPANOVA: The Complete Work. 190 pp.,
332 illus., approx. 50 in color. John E. Bowlt, ed. Biog., bibliog.
Square 4to, wrps. Cambridge, MIT, 1988. Remainder stamp lower edge,
else near-fine. $20.00.
(STILLWATER #A2105)
STILLWATER (Oklahoma). Gardiner Art Gallery, Oklahoma State Univ.
Twentieth-Century Russian Art. 26 pp. exhib. cat. 4to, stapled wrps.
Fine. Inscribed by author. $7.50.
(TARCHANOW #AC1009)
Tarchanow, Alexej and Sergej Kawtaradse. Stalinistische Architektur.
192 pp., 209 b&w and color illus. German text. 10x10. Cloth, d.j.
Klinkhardt & Biermann: Munich, 1992. New. $85.00.
(WARSAW #A2227)
WARSAW. X. Dunikowski Museum, Palac w Krolikami. NO! - and the
Conformists: Faces of Soviet Art of 50s to 80s. 441 pp. exhib. cat.,
194 illus., near all in color, representing 66 artists. Major
exhibition organized by Piotr Nowicki giving an extensive history of
oppositional Russian art-making during the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Texts by
Mikhail German, Moisey Kagan, Ilya Kabakov, Larissa Kashuk, Margarita
Tupitsyn, Andrzej Drawicz, Alexandr Etkind, Dmitri Prigov (interviewed
by Adam Pomorski), and poems by Dmitri Prigov. Excerpts from Soviet
press reports, calendar of artistic events held 1947-91, index,
bibliog. Text in English/Russian/Polish. Large thick 4to, laminated
boards. Warsaw, Fundacja Polskief Sztuki Nowoczesnej & Wydawnictwa
Artystyczne i Filmowe Ltd., 1994. New. $120.00.
(YABLONSKAYA #A1696)
YABLONSKAYA, M.N. Women Artists of Russia's New Age, 1900-1935. 248
pp., 284 illus., 83 in color. Bibliogs, chronols. of artists. Intro.
and ed. Anthony Parton. Large 4to, cloth, d.j. New York, Rizzoli,
1990. As new. $35.00.
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