BUGAEV (Sergei). CAMERON (Dan). MAZIN(Victor), TURKINA(Ol...

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      First edition. Tall 8vo., 47pp., XIX colour plates, 4pp., 47pp., 2 folded plates in envelope, engraved copper plate, in Russian and English, in the original hinged folding boards with gilt lettering in both languages on the upper board, one of 500 with the original artwork on copper from a total run of 1500. Moscow, New York, Avant-Garde, Paul Judelson Arts, First in the Parthogenesis series. 1994 Near fine.AFRIKA a.k.a.Sergei Bugaev, a major Russian avant garde artist in his late thirties, is a harsh critic of both the Soviet and the new Russia. His geodesic installation Amnesia Sphere garnered a great deal of praise and attention at the 48th Venice Biennale. So much so, that this huge work was stolen from his home by Russian mafiosi. Perhaps this is the ultimate accolade for the Russian modern artist.