The collection documents the history of modern Russian and Ukrainian art. It
encompasses critical literature, illustrated books, and art periodicals. The
collection contains texts by such artists as Wassily Kandinsky, Pavel Filonov,
Kazimir Malevich and Anatolii Petrytskyi; publications of art groups such as
the Jack of Diamonds (Bubnovyi valet) and Mākovets; theoretical tracts by Nikolai
Tarabukin and Boris Kushner; and books by well-known critics such as IAkov Tugendkhol'd,
Erikh Gollerbakh, and Nikolai Punin. The collection also offers a selection
of early 20th century art-related serials. These historical sources of pre-
and post-revolutionary art reflect the diversity of artistic thought in the
first thirty years of the 20th century, the intense discussions about the nature
of the new art, its form, and its aims.
Scope: 65 monographs and 41 serials
Yale owns all 1794 microfiche of the collection. Scholars can consult
these sources in the Microtext Reading Room, which is in the basement
of Sterling Memorial Library. This collection is available under the series
title "The History of Modern Russian and Ukrainian Art, 1907-1930".
Scholars may find the individual titles by running an Orbis
title search of the series title.
Sterling Library's hours of operation
LOCATION: SML, Microform (Non-Circulating)
CALL NUMBER: Individual titles from Fiche B4087 to Fiche B4131
