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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. Written in both English and German. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> The A.S. Pu?kin State Museum of the Figurative Arts has the pleasure of presenting the works from the Biagiotti Cigna collection of one of the most important Italian artists of our century Giacomo Balla. We are certain that this exhibition which presents a nucleus of materials known to few in Russia will meet with great interest and gratitude on the part of all art lovers. And it is probable that this exhibition will become an authentic revolution for scholars of the European avant- garde stylistic movements and of Italian Futurism in particular. The conceptual “pivot” of the exhibition is a very precise theme which we could define as “Futurism and fashion”; but the exhibition does not stop there because it also includes for example a series of paintings which are not particularly relevant to the subject of fashion. In general the material presented includes decorative graphic works not only with clothing and the history of fashion as their subject but also in the field of furnishings and interior decoration. I believe that this thematic focus of the exhibition will be of great interest to the Russian public: the culture of the decoration of the environment that surrounds man or what we call design has long been neglected in Russia; but today this type of artistic pursuit is beginning to be acknowledged and appreciated by the public. In Italy on the other hand the lengthy tradition of the field of design has never been interrupted and this will be very evident in an event that will take place together with the exhibition a fashion show of the creations of Laura Biagiotti herself a world-famous fashion designer. (MP)