Morozov

The Story of a Family and a Lost Collection

Morozov
Arch Tait, Natalya Semenova
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h197 x 127mm - 288pg
27 Sep 2022 US
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9780300267037
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The first English-language account of Ivan Morozov and his ambition to build one of the world' s greatest collections of modern art A wealthy Moscow textile merchant, Morozov started buying art in a modest way in 1900 until, on a trip to Paris, he developed a taste for the avant-garde. Meticulous and highly discerning, he acquired works by the likes of Monet, Pissarro, and Cezanne. Unlike his friendly rival Sergei Shchukin, he collected Russian as well as European art. Altogether he spent 1. 5 million francs on 486 paintings and 30 sculptures-more than any other collector of the age. Natalya Semenova traces Morozov' s life, family, and achievements, and sheds light on the interconnected worlds of European and Russian art at the turn of the century. Morozov always intended to leave his art to the state-but with the Revolution in 1917 he found himself appointed "assistant curator" to his own collection. He fled Russia and his collection was later divided between Moscow and St. Petersburg, only to languish in storage for decades. Morozov: The Story of a Family and a Lost Collection is being published to coincide with "The Morozov Collection" exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, in October 2020.
"Drawing on a lifetime of research, Natalya Semenova has produced a riveting biography of an intensely private man who became one of the world' s greatest collectors of modern art. Her pioneering account of the life and times of Ivan Morozov restores a vital lost page in the cultural history of imperial Russia. Morozov' s importance has always been unfairly eclipsed by the better-known and more flamboyant Sergei Shchukin. Natalya Semenova has been able to redress the balance, and her latest biography completes a magnificent diptych chronicling the life and times of Russia' s two great collectors. "-Rosamund Bartlett
The Russian art historian Natalya Semenova is author of The Collector: The Story of Sergei Shchukin and His Lost Masterpieces, coauthor of ollecting Matisse, and coeditor of Selling Russia' s Treasures. She lives in Moscow. The award-winning Arch Tait has translated over thirty books by leading Russian authors.
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ISBN-13: 9780300267037
Published: 27 Sep 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 197mm
Width: 127mm
Pages: 288

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