4405 x 5058 px | 37,3 x 42,8 cm | 14,7 x 16,9 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
16 settembre 2021
Ubicazione:
Nukus, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
Altre informazioni:
N. P. Tarasov, 1896-1969. Nukus Museum of Art, also known as the Savitsky Museum and the Desert of Forbidden Art, is located in Nukus, Karakalpakstan. It possesses the world’s second largest collection of Russian avant-garde artworks, as well as galleries of antiquities and Karakalpak folk art. In total, there are more than 82, 000 items in the museum’s collection. The Nukus Museum of Art was established in 1966 at the behest of Igor Savitsky, who became the museum’s first curator. The avant-garde art collection at Nukus Museum of Art is one of the finest in the world, second in size only to that of the Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg. In total, the museum has around 10, 000 avant-garde artworks, including paintings, prints, sculptures, and graphics.
