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A nice selection of out-of-print books on the fine arts, Russian painting and applied arts. Single copies only unless otherwise noted.

  • Victor Vasnetsov. Victor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (1848–1926) is one of Russia's finest painters and draughtsman who specialised in mythological and historical subjects. He is considered a co-founder of Russian folklorist and romantic nationalistic painting and key in the Russian Revivalist movement. Among the many of his works, several stand out, including The Knight at the Crossroads (1878), The Bogatyrs (1898), Ivan Tsarevich riding the Gray Wolf (1889), and Alyonushka (1881). Some of his other accomplishments include working on the mosaics for the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Warsaw; he was also involved in the design of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Moscow. In 1912, he was given a noble title by Czar Nicholas II. In 1914, he designed a revenue stamp intended for voluntary collection for victims of World War I.  USSR (Leningrad): Aurora Art Publishers, 1979. English text. 131 pages.

    Victor Vasnetsov

    Victor Vasnetsov. Victor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (1848–1926) is one of Russia's finest painters and draughtsman who specialised in mythological and historical subjects. He is considered a co-founder of Russian folklorist and romantic nationalistic...
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  • Fine Arts of Soviet Kazakhstan (Кеңестік Қазақстанның бейнелеу өнері). I. P. Iuferova. Traces Kazakh painting and sculpture in the 20th century, beginning with N.G.Khludov and Alma-Ata to the final years of the USSR. Tri-lingual text in Russian, English, and Kazakh.

Kazakhstan: Alma Ata, Oner, 1990. 1st edition, 263 pages with 303 color illustrations, and an index. Hardcover (quarto) with multi-color illustrated boards with the publisher's clear plastic dust jacket cover with titles on the front. Sewn binding.

    Fine Arts of Soviet Kazakhstan

    Fine Arts of Soviet Kazakhstan (Кеңестік Қазақстанның бейнелеу өнері). I. P. Iuferova. Traces Kazakh painting and sculpture in the 20th century, beginning with N.G.Khludov and Alma-Ata to the final years of the USSR. Tri-lingual text in Russian, English,...
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  • Western European Drawings: Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Западноевропейский Рисунок: Государственный музей изобразительных искусств имени А.С.Пушкина). Evgeny Semenovich Levitan (Е.С. Левитан). Large format dives into the graphic collection of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, presenting the significant schools and masters of drawing in Western Europe from the 15th century to the present day. The works of many outstanding masters are reproduced and described in this collection.

Moscow: Изобразительное искусство, 1991. RUSSiAN LANGUAGE EDITION. Oversize hardcover with dustjacket. 376 pages with many plates of black and white and full color reproductions.

    Western European Drawings: Pushkin State Museum

    Western European Drawings: Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Западноевропейский Рисунок: Государственный музей изобразительных искусств имени А.С.Пушкина). Evgeny Semenovich Levitan (Е.С. Левитан). Large format dive into the graphic collection of the...
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  • Russian Architecture and the West. Dmitry Shvidkovsky. Yekaterina Shorban, photographs, Antony Wood, translation. The author develops history of Russian architecture over the past thousand years as a part of the history of Western architecture. Dmitry Shvidkovsky, Russia's leading architectural historian, departs from the accepted notion that Russian architecture developed independent of outside cultural influences and describes how the influence of the West extends back to the tenth century and continues into the present. He offers compelling assessments of all the main masterpieces of Russian architecture and frames a radically new architectural history for Russia. The book systematically analyses Russian buildings in relation to developments in European art, pointing out where familiar European features are expressed in Russian projects. Special attention is directed toward decorations based on Byzantine models- the heritage of Italian master builders and carvers- the impact of architects and others sent by Elizabeth I- the formation of the Russian Imperial Baroque- the Enlightenment in Russian art- and 19th- and 20th-century European influences. With over 300 specially commissioned photographs of sites throughout Russia and western Europe, this is a magnificent and beautiful book.

    Russian Architecture and the West

    Russian Architecture and the West. Dmitry Shvidkovsky. Yekaterina Shorban, photographs, Antony Wood, translation. The author develops history of Russian architecture over the past thousand years as a part of the history of Western architecture. Dmitry...
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  • Moscow: Treasures and Traditions (Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service). W. Bruce Lincoln, Olga Gordeeva, John Bowlt, other authors. The rich Moscow artistic legacy and the effects of various political, social and religious changes on the city's creative climate over the past 500 years are recorded here in 12 essays by primarily Russian curators and academics. Topics include the capital's cultural heritage from the 1300s, the influence of European and Oriental styles on the traditional clothing of Moscow, Russian art from 1910 onward, painting, metalwork, jewelry, porcelain and armor.

    Moscow: Treasures and Traditions

    Moscow: Treasures and Traditions. (Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service). W. Bruce Lincoln, Olga Gordeeva, John Bowlt, other authors. The rich Moscow artistic legacy and the effects of various political, social and religious changes...
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  • Treasures from the Kremlin. NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1979. First edition. 224 pages, 206 illustrations (106 plates in full color), bibliography, index of Russian names.

    Treasures from the Kremlin [1979]

    Treasures from the Kremlin. Polly Cone & John P. O'Neill (Editor), A.S. Nasibova (Foreword) and E.S. Sizov wih colleagues of the State Museums of the Moscow Kremlin. (Full Title: Treasures from the Kremlin: An Exhibition from the State Museums of the...
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  • Suzanne Massie. Land of the Firebird: The Beauty of Old Russia.  Massie (1931-2025), an important authority on Russia, played a leading role in the relations between the USA, specifically during the Reagan years, and the Soviet Union in the final years of the Cold War. Written in a colorful and engaging style, Massie documents Russian history and describes art from the time of Vladimir and the Russian Orthodox Church to just before the Russian Revolution. An important and highly readable reference on Russian history from 987 to 1917 through a Western perspective. Her husband, Robert Massie (1929-2019), is the author of Nicholas & Alexandra, another classic.

    Land of the Firebird [Massie]

    Suzanne Massie. Land of the Firebird: The Beauty of Old Russia.  Massie (1931-2025), an important authority on Russia, played a leading role in the relations between the USA, specifically during the Reagan years, and the Soviet Union in the final...
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  • Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé. Peter Carl Faberge, court jeweler to the czars, is a name synonymous with beauty, craftsmanship, and sumptuous excess. This exciting book blends some of the best photographs ever made of Faberge objects with interesting and concise history and extra material. Over 350 illustrations, 80 in full color. NY: Abradale Press [Harry Abrams Imprint]. 1989 reprint of 1984 edition. 192 pages.

    House of Faberge Masterpieces

    Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé. Peter Carl Faberge, court jeweler to the czars, is a name synonymous with beauty, craftsmanship, and sumptuous excess. This exciting book blends some of the best photographs ever made of Faberge objects with...
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  • The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow (Государственный музей изобразительных искусств имени А.С. Пушкина, Москва). Compiles 391 works of art that are in the museum, with notes on each. Profusely illustrated in color and black in white. RUSSIAN TEXT.  USSR (Moscow): Aurora Publishers, 1989. 287 pages. Folio hardcover with dustjacket in a clear protective jacket cover.

    Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts

    The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow (Государственный музей изобразительных искусств имени А.С. Пушкина, Москва). Compiles 391 works of art that are in the museum, with notes on each. Profusely illustrated in color and black in white. RUSSIAN...
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  • AIVAZOVSKY 1817-1900 (АЙВАЗОВСКИЙ 1817-1900). Valery Pilipenko (Валерей Пилипенко). Folio art book with excellent color reproductions of Russian marine painter Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky. Monograph essay details Aivazovsky's connections with contemporary artists and certain historical figures.  USSR (Leningrad): Khudozhnik RFSFR (Художник РСФСР), 1983. 180+ pages. IN RUSSIAN. Folio hardcover with dustjacket in a clear protective jacket cover.

    Aivazovsky 1817-1900 [IN RUSSIAN]

    AIVAZOVSKY 1817-1900 (АЙВАЗОВСКИЙ 1817-1900). Valery Pilipenko (Валерей Пилипенко). Folio art book with excellent color reproductions of Russian marine painter Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky. Monograph essay details Aivazovsky's connections with...
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  • Russian Art at Hillwood. Katrina V. H. Taylor. The book is a concise and clearly-written presentationof the material found at Hillwood Museum. Majorie Merriweather Post, heiress to the Post Cereal fortune, owned many extraordinary and world-class items. The chapters cover the following categories: painting, Faberge, Faberge's contemporaries, gold boxes, niello, kovschi (distinctively Russian decorative drinking vessels), chalices, porcelain from the Imperial Factory and private factories, glass and ivory.

    Russian Art at Hillwood

    Russian Art at Hillwood. Katrina V. H. Taylor. The book is a concise and clearly-written presentationof the material found at Hillwood Museum. Marjorie Merriweather Post (1887-1973), heiress to the Post Cereal fortune, owned many extraordinary and...
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  • Russian Imperial Style by Laura Cerwinske.

    Russian Imperial Style [Cerwinske, 1990]

    Laura Cerwinske. Russian Imperial Style.  An elegant and beautifully illustrated, full-color paean to the lost world of 19th century Russia's aristocratic opulence melded with formal design. Cerwinske (1948-) focuses on eye-catching object d'art,...
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  • Tobolsk Museum Reserve history book in English and Russian

    Tobolsk Museum Reserve

    Tobolsk Museum-Reserve (Тобольский музей-заповедник). Yu. S. Nadtochy (Ю. С. Надточий). Sverdlovsk: Mid-Urals Publishing House (Средне-Уральское книжное изд-во), 1988.  Tobolsk, an old city founded in 1590 in Tyumen Oblast, is the second-oldest...
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    Konstantin Makovsky: The Tsar's Painter in America and Paris. Wendy Salmond, Wilfried Zeisler, et al. (Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens Series.) Monumental in scale and rich in exotic detail, Konstantin Makovsky's stunning paintings epitomize the talent and charm of Old Russia. This is a labor of love by the Hillwood people, and the first full survey in English on the artist's career. Richly and profusely illustrated in color.   

UK (London): Giles, 2015. 144 pages. Medium format hardcover with color dustjacket. New condition in publisher's shrinkwrap. A comprehensive bibliography brings together resources on the artist.

    Konstantin Makovsky The Tsar's Painter in America and Paris

    Konstantin Makovsky: The Tsar's Painter in America and Paris. Wendy Salmond, Wilfried Zeisler, et al. (Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens Series.) Monumental in scale and rich in exotic detail, Konstantin Makovsky's stunning paintings epitomize the...
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  • State Museum of Arts of the Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic

    State Museum of Arts of the Karakalpak [IN RUSSIAN]

    Savitsky, I.V. State Museum of Arts of the Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Государственный музей искусств Каракалпакской АССР). Book describes three departments of the State Museum of Arts of the Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist...
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  • Vladimir Kemenov. Vasily Surikov (Василий Суриков), First English language edition. Profusely illustrated quarto hardcover with dustjacket in clear jacket cover. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1979. 309 pages.

    Vasily Surikov (Василий Суриков)

    Vladimir Kemenov. Vasily Surikov (Василий Суриков). Essential catalogue raisonné of the famed Russian realist and historical painter that includes paintings, sketches, studies, portraits and watercolors. 250 illustrations in color and black and...
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