{"product_id":"kvaskhvadze-sh-mose-ivanovich-toidze-1955-in-russian","title":"Kvaskhvadze, Sh. Mose Ivanovich Toidze, 1955. In Russian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eКвасхвадзе, Шалва Караманович. Мосэ Иванович Тоидзе. Первое издание.\u003cbr\u003eМосква : Советский художник, 1955. 20 страниц текста, [15] листов иллюстраций.\u003cbr\u003eТвердый издательский переплет с наклеенной репродукцией. Энциклопедический формат. Тираж 6 000 экземпляров.\u003cbr\u003eНа переднем форзаце владельческая дарственная надпись синей ручкой (датирована 1962 годом).\u003cbr\u003eСостояние хорошее. Переплет с легкими поверхностными загрязнениями и незначительными потертостями ткани на уголках и краях корешка. Книжный блок крепкий, страницы и цветные вклейки чистые, без надрывов.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eKvaskhvadze, Shalva Karamanovich. Mose Ivanovich Toidze. First edition.\u003cbr\u003eMoscow : \"Sovetskiy khudozhnik\" Publishing House, 1955. 20 pages, [15] leaves of plates.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal publisher's hardcover with a mounted color reproduction. Encyclopedic format. Print run of 6,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eFront free endpaper bears a previous owner's handwritten gift inscription in blue ink (dated 1962).\u003cbr\u003eCondition good. Binding shows light surface soiling and minor rubbing to the cloth at corners and spine ends. Text block firm, pages and color plates clean and without tears.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beautifully illustrated, first edition Soviet monograph dedicated to the life and work of Mose Toidze (1871-1953), a foundational figure in modern Georgian painting and a People's Artist of the USSR. A prominent student of Ilya Repin at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, Toidze successfully bridged the classical Russian realist tradition with the vibrant national character of Georgian art. He was instrumental in establishing the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts and became a leading representative of the early Soviet Georgian artistic school. This 1955 publication, authored by art historian Shalva Kvaskhvadze and issued by the \"Sovetskiy khudozhnik\" publishing house, provides a comprehensive biographical and critical overview of Toidze's career. Printed in a limited run of 6,000 copies just two years after the artist's death, this large-format volume serves as an excellent reference for collectors of Caucasian visual arts, Soviet socialist realism, and Georgian cultural history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44525267583018,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_6066.jpg?v=1782935469","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/kvaskhvadze-sh-mose-ivanovich-toidze-1955-in-russian","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}