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[ARMENIAN ART] Iskusstvo Armenii: Kratkii bibliograficheskii ukazatel’ [i.e. Art of Armenia: Short Bibliographic Index] / compiled by Garegin Bebutov

Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1939. Item #792

62, [2] pp. 21,5x15 cm. In original wrappers with decorative ornament. Tears of the spine with small fragments lost, rusty staples, otherwise very good.
One of 2000 copies. Cover design by Anatoly MacReady-Stenroos, the Russian artist who emigrated with fascist forces in 1941 and kept the anti-Soviet views for the rest of his life.
This is the first bibliography listing 525 publications: monographs, collections, magazine articles on Armenian art that were written in Armenian, Russian and some European languages. All Armenian titles translated into Russian. The works are divided into four topics: Fine Arts, Theatre, Music, Cinema; the fifth section gathered textbooks and manuals on theatre, music and cinema that were published in Armenian.
Worldcat shows 2 copies in University of California.

Price: $550.00