Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
Abstract
The article explores the marketing tactics and consumer expectations with regards to icons released in the street markets and provincial cities of Soviet Russia and acquired by American collectors from 1928-1938. These icons, including those from Byzantium in the tenth century, were seen as cultural commodities during the Russian revolution and the subsequent socialist construction. The Soviet apparatus Antikvariat was tasked with appraising the icon collections held by the Gosmuzeifond or the State Museum Reserve for exports.
Recommended Citation
Salmond, Wendy. "Russian Icons and American Money, 1928-1938.” Canadian-American Slavic Studies, 43.1-4 (2009): pp. 273-304.
Peer Reviewed
1
Copyright
Brill
Included in
Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture Commons, Art and Design Commons, Byzantine and Modern Greek Commons, Christian Denominations and Sects Commons, Christianity Commons, Fine Arts Commons, History of Christianity Commons, Marketing Commons, Other History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Commons, Slavic Languages and Societies Commons
Comments
This article was originally published in Canadian-American Slavic Studies, volume 43, issues 1-4, in 2009.
This article also appears as a chapter in Treasure into Tractors: The Selling of Russia’s Cultural Heritage, 1918-1938 (Washington DC: Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens, 2009), pp. 273-304.