Soviet Russian Art and Handicraft Exposition. Grand Central Palace, New York, February 1929

[Cover title]. Also titled: Art and Handicraft Exposition of Soviet Russia. New York : Peasant Art & Handicraft Department of Amatory Trading Corporation, 1929. Small quarto (265 x 180 mm), illustrated wrappers with original owner’s name to front, original ties, [15], [1] pp, numerous illustrations (some colour); an excellent copy.

A scarce catalogue of Russian folk art (rebranded as “Soviet peasant home industries”) staged in New York in February 1929, around the time that Trotsky was expelled from the Soviet Union and Stalin’s first Five Year Plan was in full swing. The exhibition catalogue is divided into sections that include Palekh painting, woodcarving, chinaware, pottery, lacquered woodenware, jewelry, rugs, toys and dolls, carved ivory, printed textiles, and embroidery.