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The Triptych, by Sasha Sokolov (2012)
Rights sold: Italy - MIRAGGI, Russia - OGI
The most Triptych reviewers tend to believe they are dealing with the famous author’s fiasco. However, this is not so. By keeping distance, and keeping to his creative principles, speaking almost the bird language, Sasha Sokolov stages little tragedies for the elect.
The book consist of three standalone masterpieces:
- Gazibo (complete manuscript available at http://magazines.russ.ru)
- Filornit (complete manuscript available at http://magazines.russ.ru)
- Rassuzhdenie (Reflection, complete manuscript available at http://magazines.russ.ru)
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The Collector. The Story of Sergei Shchukin and His Lost Masterpieces, by Natalya Semenova with André Delocque (NF)
Rights sold: World English - YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, France - CHTCHOUKINE FUND, Italy - JOHAN & LEVI, Romania - VREMEA, Russia - SLOVO, Taiwan (traditional Chinese) - ART & COLLECTION
Winner of the 2021 The Art Newspaper Russia Prize
A fascinating life of Sergei Shchukin, the great collector who changed the face of Russia’s art world
Sergei Shchukin was a highly successful textiles merchant in the latter half of the nineteenth century, but he also had a great eye for beauty. He was one of the first to appreciate the qualities of the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists and to acquire works by Cézanne, Matisse, and Picasso. A trailblazer in the Russian art world, Shchukin and his collection shocked, provoked, and inspired awe, ridicule, and derision among his contemporaries.
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This is the first biography of Sergei Shchukin, written by art historian Natalya Semenova and adapted by Shchukin's grandson André Delocque. Featuring personal diary entries, correspondence, interviews, and archival research, it brings to light the life of a man who has hitherto remained in the shadows, and shows how despite his controversial reputation, he opened his collection to the public, inspiring a future generation of artists and changing the face of the Russian art world.