Zolotyye Rossypi Prisur'ya Narodnoye iskusstvo Penzenskogo kraya (Gold Placers Prisurya... Folk Art of the Penza region)
Hardcover
2007 · Penza
by Savin, Oleg
Penza: Oleg Savin, 2007. Hardcover. VG+ but for museum ex-lib. book plate inside front cover. Green leatherette with gold Cyrillic lettering; 414 pp. with occasional bw and sepia photographs. Text in Russian. About the folk arts of the Penza region of Russia, located about 400 miles southwest of Moscow. Shows lovely baskets, textiles, decorative woodwork and more. Tells about some of the artists who made them, factories, and the history of the art. Lots of text in historical context. (Inventory #: 140502)