Aleksandr Konstantinovich Shervashidze Papers, ca. 1918-1933.

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Aleksandr Konstantinovich Shervashidze Papers, ca. 1918-1933.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/320410523

These papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, art works, printed materials, and a photograph, and relate chiefly to Russian artists and ballet personalities active in France in the 1920s and 1930s. Records of the Parisian World of Art (Mir Iskusstva) group, of which Shervashidze was the president, includes correspondence, documents, an exhibit program, clippings and a photograph of the artists involved. There is correspondence from Lev Bakst, Ivan Bilibin, Sergeĭ Di︠a︡gilev, Mikhail Larionov, Georgiĭ Lukomskiĭ, and Joan Mirʹo, and one letter each from Nikolaĭ Roerich, and Natalii︠a︡ Goncharova. There are also many letters from Shervashidze's family in the Soviet Union from the 1920s and 1930s. Illustrative materials by Shervashidze include programs, prints and water colors.

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Shervashidze, Aleksandr Konstantinovich, 1867-1968.

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Bilibin, Ivan I︠A︡kovlevich, 1876-1942

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