Notes: | "Fondation Louis Vuitton, State Hermitage Museum, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, State Tretyakov Gallery." "English translations, Deke Dusinberre", and nine others. "Translations from Russian, Jean Bergeron", and four others.--Page 523 Some leaves double, including pages 107-110, 141-144, 163-166, 184-187, 215-218, 233-236, 263-266, 281-284, 307-310, 321-324, 331-334, 345-348, 355-358, 385-388. "Icons of modern art" is an exhibition series.--Page 20 Includes bibliographical references (pages 518-521). Preface in English and French by "Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic."--Pages 4-5 Preface in English and Russian by "Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Republic."--Pages 6-7
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Summary: | "The second installment of 'Icons of modern art', the major exhibition organized by Fondation Louis Vuitton, brings together more than 170 unparalleled masterpieces from the collection of modern French and Russian art created by the Muscovite brothers Mikhail and Ivan Morozov"--Back of dust jacket Fondation Louis Vuitton will present THE MOROZOV COLLECTION, one of the world's foremost collections of Impressionist and Modern art. On view through July 25, this major international exhibition will bring together in Paris 200 masterpieces from the French and Russian modern art collection of the brothers Mikhaïl and Ivan Morozov. This will be the first time the collection has traveled outside of Russia since its creation at the turn of the 20th century. A 520-page scholarly catalogue, 'THE MOROZOV COLLECTION : ICONS OF MODERN ART', is co-published by the Fondation Louis Vuitton and Les Éditions Gallimard. Based on Mikhaïl and Ivan Morozov's extensive unpublished archives, which are preserved at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts and the Tretyakov Gallery, the publication will feature unpublished texts and documents that illustrate the Morozov family's unique history.
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