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George Costakis: A Russian Life in Art

By Peter Roberts

Book information

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Year
1994
ISBN
9780773573819
DOI
10.1515/9780773573819
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
46 MB (48317063 bytes)
Pages
256\257
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-09-26 20:30:44

Description

This splendid book paints a rich portrait of the Russian avant-garde and the intrigues which it saved for posterity. Roberts has written a fascinating history of the famous Costakis collection and its creator George Costakis who, for nearly thirty years, was an administrative clerk in the Canadian embassy in Moscow. Until his forced departure from Russia in 1978 he collected, continually and painstakingly, the abstract, constructivist and supremacist art of 1912 to 1930 which fell into official disrepute under Stalin. The author, a former Canadian ambassador to Moscow, is a first-hand authority on Costakis and his magnificent obsession.

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