The Classics Collection

Uzbekistan: The Hidden Collection

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Today, for the first time, we can now discover never-before-seen parts of this extraordinary collection—the second-largest collection of avant-garde paintings after the Russian Museum. This represents the third installment in a series dedicated to the collection housed in the Nukus Museum, which ...
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Yaffa Assouline has worked as a journalist, consultant, and creative art director. She specializes in innovative and made-to-measure publishing. She is the author of the books Uzbekistan: The Road to Samarkand; Uzbekistan: Avant-Garde Orientalists; Uzbekistan: Russian Avant- Garde; and Uzbekistan Living Treasures: Celebration of Craftsmanship, all by Assouline.

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The Classics Collection

Uzbekistan: The Hidden Collection

€120

There is no question that the holdings at Nukus represent one of the strongest and most diverse collections of twentieth-century Russian/Soviet art in public or private hands.

— John E. Bowlt
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Page count

328 pages

Number of illustrations

213

Language

English

Released on

July 2024

Dimensions

W 23 x L 33 x D 4 cm

ISBN

9781649802552

Weight

2.268 kg

Author

Yaffa Assouline

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