Russische Avantgarde. Die Sammlung George Costakis

Köln (Cologne), Germany: DuMont, 1982. Hardbound. VG/VG, some edge tears to the glassine cover.. Red cloth boards with black and white lines and titles, white dust jacket with black and red titles and a glassine cover. 527 pp. with color and bw images throughout. Quite heavy. Text in German. The George Costakis Collection of Russian and Soviet art of the avant-garde was assembled in Moscow over a period of thirty years. By the time Costakis left his Moscow home in 1977 to settle in Athens, his collection had become the single most comprehensive "museum" of such art in the world. With exhaustive text about the man and his collection, 1171 images and an extensive chronology. A massive volume that features works of more than 65 artists. Complete with artist biographies, documentation, an introduction by S. Frederick Starr and an article by George Costakis, "Collecting Art of the Avant-Garde."