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Book Review
Women Artists in the Reign of Catherine the Great
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 216
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Phillips, Catherine (Phillips, Catherine)
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Women Artists in the Reign of Catherine the Great By Rosalind P. Blakesley. 152 pp. incl. 62 col. ills. (Lund Humphries, London, 2023), £45. ISBN 978–1–84822–545–9. | :
Book Review
Two Women Patrons of the Russian Avant-Garde: Nadezhda Dobychina and Klavdia Mikhailova
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1170-1170
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Lodder, Christina (Lodder, Christina; L., C.; Lodder, Christina A.)
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Two Women Patrons of the Russian Avant-Garde: Nadezhda Dobychina and Klavdia Mikhailova By Natalia Budanova and Natalia Murray. 240 pp. incl. 64 col. + 86 b. & w. ills. (Unicorn, London, 2021), £30. ISBN 978–1–913491–27–7. | :
Exhibition Review
Mikhail Vrubel
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 300-302
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Doronchenkov, Ilia (Doronchenkov, Ilia)
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Mikhail Vrubel State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow 3rd November 2021–8th March 2022 | :
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21. Savva Mamontov, by Mikhail Vrubel. 1897. Oil on canvas, 187 by 142.5 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; Bridgeman Images).
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22. Demon flying, by Mikhail Vrubel. 1899. Oil on canvas, 138.5 by 430.5 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg; Bridgeman Images).
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23. A shell, by Mikhail Vrubel. 1904–05. Graphite pencil, black pastel and white wash on paper, 17.5 by 25.4 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).
Exhibition Review
Ilya Repin (1844–1930): Painting the Soul of Russia
01/2022 | 1426 | 164
Pages: 72-76
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Blakesley, Rosalind P. (Blakesley, Rosalind P.)
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Ilya Repin (1844–1930): Painting the Soul of Russia Petit Palais, Paris 5th October 2021–23rd January 2022 | :
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20. Savva Mamontov, by Ilya Repin. 1880. Oil on canvas, 68.7 by 56.9 cm. (Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow; exh. Petit Palais, Paris).
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21. Elizaveta Zvantséva, by Ilya Repin. 1889. Oil on canvas, 89 by 69 cm. (Ateneum, Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki; exh. Petit Palais, Paris; photograph Jenni Nurminen).
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22. Golgotha, by Ilya Repin. 1921–25. Oil on linoleum, 214 by 176 cm. (Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton; exh. Petit Palais, Paris).
Exhibition Review
VKhUTEMAS 100: School of Avant-garde
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 961-963
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Akinsha, Konstantin (Akinsha, Konstantin)
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VKhUTEMAS 100: School of Avant-garde Edited by Ksenia Guseva and Aleksandra Selivanova. 326 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Museum of Moscow and ABC Design, Moscow, 2021), $159. ISBN 978–5–4330–0163–3. | :
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33. Still life for the painting class, by Aleksandr Rodchenko. 1924. Photograph. (Private collection).
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34. Exhibition on the subject ‘Colour’ in VKhUTEMAS. Photograph, 1926. (Private collection).
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35. Composition of geometrical shapes sequentially drawn in one, two, three, four, five mutually crossed shapes, by Anastasia Akhtyrko. 1921. Pencil on paper. (Private collection).
Exhibition Review
The Colours of Nadia
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 941-944
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Mundy, Jennifer (Mundy, Jennifer)
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The Colours of Nadia Musée de l’Annonciade de Saint-Tropez 3rd July–14th November | :
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10. Self-portrait, by Nadia Léger. 1948. Oil on canvas, 91.5 by 65 cm. (Private collection; exh. Musée de l’Annonciade de Saint-Tropez).
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11. Still life, by Nadia Léger. 1949. Oil on canvas, 73 by 100 cm. (Private collection; exh. Musée de l’Annonciade de Saint-Tropez).
Article
The Lapis Lazuli Egg in the Cleveland Museum of Art
09/2021 | 1422 | 163
Pages: 828-831
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Solon, Chad (Solon, Chad)
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11. The Lapis Lazuli Egg, attributed to Peter Carl Fabergé. c.1885–90. Gold, enamel, lapis lazuli, pearls, diamonds and rubies, 5.9 by 4.5 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art).
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12. View of Fig.11, showing the egg fully closed.
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13. Detail of Fig.11, showing the hinge. (Object file, Cleveland Museum of Art).
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14. View of Fig.11 showing the egg fully open. (Object file, Cleveland Museum of Art).
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15. The Rosebud Egg and its surprises, photographed at Wartski, London. c.1927. (Photograph courtesy Wartski).
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16. Detail of a vitrine in an exhibition in the Von Dervis mansion, St Petersburg, showing objects loaned by Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. 1902. The crown is just visible behind the train, to the right of the supporting strut. (Courtesy Kremlin Armoury Museum, Moscow).
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17. Detail of a photograph of Henry Bainbridge and Agathon Fabergé at the Exhibition of Russian Art at 1 Belgrave Square, London, 1935. The Rosebud Egg is visible in its case (now lost) on the third shelf from the bottom, with the crown just in front of its case. (Topical Press Agency/ Hulton Archive/Getty Images).
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18. The Rosebud Egg, by Peter Carl Fabergé, 1895. Gold, diamonds and enamel, 6.8 by 3 cm. (The Link of Times Foundation; Getty Images).
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19. The crown in the Lapis Lazuli Egg shown from the side. (Cleveland Museum of Art).
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20. The side view of the pendant to the Lapis Lazuli Egg. (Cleveland Museum of Art).
Exhibition Review
Russian Avant-Garde at the Museum Ludwig. Original and Fake: Questions, Research, Explanations
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 280-282
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KociaŁkowska, Kamila (KociaŁkowska, Kamila)
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Russian Avant-Garde at the Museum Ludwig. Original and Fake: Questions, Research, Explanations Museum Ludwig, Cologne 26th September 2020– 7th February 2021 | :
Illustrations
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14. Proun, formerly attributed to El Lissitzky and dated 1923. Tempera on paper, 61 by 40 cm. (Museum Ludwig, Cologne; photograph Rheinisches Bildarchiv, Cologne).
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15. Infra-red reflectogram of the painting in Fig.14. (Courtesy Museum Ludwig, Cologne, and Restaurierungszentrum Düsseldorf; photograph Ulrik Runeberg and Inken Holubec).
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16. Painterly architectonic, formerly attributed to Liubov Popova and dated c.1920. Oil on canvas, 57.5 by 44 cm. (Museum Ludwig, Cologne; photograph Rheinisches Bildarchiv, Cologne).
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17. Painterly architectonic, by Liubov Popova. 1918. Oil on canvas, 45 by 53 cm. (Museo Nacional Thyssen- Bornemisza, Madrid; exh. Museum Ludwig, Cologne).
Article
El Lissitzky as a furniture designer, 1925–30
02/2021 | 1415 | 163
Pages: 144-151
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Tucker, Bennett (Tucker, Bennett)
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1. Proun 4 B, by El Lissitzky. 1919–20. Oil on canvas, 70 by 55.5 cm. (Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid; Scala).
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10. Interior of the Double House (Houses 14 and 15) for the Weißenhof exhibition, Stuttgart 1927, by Le Corbusier. (From W. Gräff, ed.: Innenräume: Räume und Inneneinrichtungsgegenstände aus der Werkbundausstellung ‘Die Wohnung’ insbesondere aus den Bauten der städtischen Weißenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart, Stuttgart 1928).
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11. Interior for F-Type Dwelling, by El Lissitzky. 1928. (Photograph © The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
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12. Chair, by El Lissitzky. 1930. (From S. Küppers-Lissitzky: El Lissitzky: Life, Letters, Text, London 1968).
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13. Seats for the International Fur Trade Exhibition, by El Lissitzky. 1930. (From S. Küppers-Lissitzky: El Lissitzky: Life, Letters, Text, London 1968).
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14. Model of an apartment in a commune for the Soviet Pavilion for the International Hygiene Exhibition in Dresden, by El Lissitzky. 1930. (From S. Küppers-Lissitzky: El Lissitzky: Life, Letters, Text, London 1968).
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15. Installation of seating in accordance with El Lissitzky’s project for international exhibitions. 1930. (Photograph © The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
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2. Mart Stam, Gerrit Rietveld and El Lissitzky. (From S. Küppers- Lissitzky: El Lissitzky: Life, Letters, Text, London 1968).
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3. The Rietveld Schröder House, Utrecht, showing the upstairs seating area from the girls’ room. (From M. Küper and I. van Zijl: Gerrit Th. Rietveld: 1888–1964: het volledige werk, Utrecht 1992; Photograph © Centraal Museum, Utrecht).
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4. Red blue chair, by Gerrit Rietveld. c.1918. Painted wood, 86.7 by 66 by 83.8 cm. (The Museum of Modern Art, New York; © The Museum of Modern Art; Scala).
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5 and 6. Furniture for the Club of Building Workers, by M. Arutchian. 1929. Wood. (Catherine Cooke Archive, University Library, Cambridge).
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7. VKhUTEMAS furniture projects in wood, by A. Damskii. Late 1920s. (From Salim O. Khan-Magomedov: VHUTEMAS: Moscou, 1920–1930, Paris 1990).
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8. Die Wohnung, Werkbundausstellung Stuttgart (The Apartment, Werkbund Exhibition, Stuttgart), by Willi Baumeister. 1927. Poster, 115 by 82 cm. (Scala).
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9. Stroitelstvo Moskvy 10 (1929). Front cover. Published by The Moscow Council. (British Library, London).
Book Review
Gan’s Constructivism: Aesthetic Theory for an Embedded Modernism
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 636-637
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Kocialkowska, Kamila (Kocialkowska, Kamila)
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Gan’s Constructivism: Aesthetic Theory for an Embedded Modernism By Kristin Romberg. 312 pp. incl. 72 col. + 38 b. & w. ills. (University of California Press, Oakland, 2018), £54. ISBN 978–0–520–29853–8. | :
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