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Russian Avant Garde, The

Synopsis
This four disc set looks at the life of art collector George Costakis and three of his favourite artists.The first film is about Costakis, one of the 20th century’s most prominent art collectors, who devoted his life to collecting the works of Chagall, Malevich and Kandinsky. The other three discs each contains a separate film about each artist.
Language
English
Country
Germany
Year of release
2014
Subjects
Art
Keywords
art - Russian art; art collections; Chagall, Marc (1887-1985); Malevich, Kazimir Severinovich; modern art; Soviet Union; Kandinsky, Wassily

Credits

Director
Barrie Gavin

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Format
Region 0 NTSC
Price
£30.00
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
207 minutes
Year
2014

Sections

Title
Collector Costakis, The

Title
Kazimir Malevich

Title
Marc Chagall

Title
Kandinsky

Publisher

Name

Arthaus Musik

Email
info@arthaus-musik.com
Web
http://arthaus-musik.com/ External site opens in new window
Phone
+49.345.2 99 89 49 50
Fax
+49.345.2 99 89 49 99
Address
Große Brauhausstraße 8
Halle/Saale
D-06108
Germany

Distributor

Name

Presto Classical

Email
info@prestoclassical.co.uk
Web
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk External site opens in new window
Phone
01926 317025
Fax
01926 317029
Address
7 Park Street
Leamington Spa
Warwickshire
CV32 4QN
Notes
Online supplier of DVDs, Blu-rays, HD DVDs and Super Audio CDs on a wide spectrum of classical music, from opera to ballet, concertos to documentaries, jazz to early music from all the major labels. The collection is browsable by label, composer & work, era, artist, or medium. There are listings of new and future releases, as well as a newsletter, and insider information in the "In the Studio’ section. Sale.

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