From the author of the biography of Shchukin comes the story of another extraordinary pre-Revolutionary Russian collector of European art. He spent 1.5 million francs on 486 paintings, which stayed in storage for many decades.
Morozov: The Story of a Family and a Lost Collection
£25.00
Edition:Hardback978030024982802/10/2020
Categories: 01. Books for Christmas 2020: Biography, Art, Biography, Letters & Diaries, Books for Christmas 2020
Tags: 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Art History, Biography: historical, political and military, Family History, General and world history, History of other geographical groupings and regions, Russia, USSR, Soviet Union
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