[ Natalya Semyonova (Author), Nicolas V. Iljine (Editor) ]
Selling Russia’s Treasures.
The Soviet Trade in Nationalized Art 1917-1938.
// NY, London: Abbeville Press Publishers. 2013. 384 pp. ISBN 978-0-7892-1154-5
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Contents
Introduction. Natalya Semyonova, Nicolas V. Iljine. — 5
The Lessons of the Museum Sales. Mikhail Piotrovsky. — 7
The Temple of Fine Arts. Amir G. Kabiri. — 10
Inspired by the Past. Dmitry Gourji. — 11
Chapter one. Citiztens, Preserve Monuments of Art! — 14
Chapter two. The Romanov Treasure Trail. — 28
Chapter three. The Pillage of the Russian Church. — 60
Russian Icons and Art Market. Yuri Pyatnitsky. — 70
Chapter four. The Palace-Museums. Rifat Gafifullin. — 96
Chapter five. The Destruction of the Hermitage. Elena Solomakha. — 128
Chapter six. Museum of Modern Western Art.
Bargain Sales of the 1920s-1930s. Alexey Petukhov. — 224
Chapter seven. Books for Sale. Elena Emelianova. — 244
Chapter eight. Buyers. Collectors and Collections.
Gaouste Gulbenkian. — 260
Armand Hammer. — 266
Andrew Mellon. — 270
Joseph Davies and Marjorie Post. — 276
In Place of an Epilogue. Pavel Khoroshilov. — 283
Appendix.
The Russian Crown Jewels. Victor Nikitin. — 289
Russian Icons in European Collections. Yuri Pyatnitsky. — 312
Archival Documents. — 324
Chronology. — 336
Main Participants. — 344
Collectors. — 350
Abbreviations. — 353
Bibliography. — 354
Index. — 357
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