Art x Architecture: Russian Intersections 1917–37, Part 3

Part 3 of 3 in The Leonard A. Lauder Lecture Series on Modern Art– Art x Architecture: Russian Intersections 1917–37.

Realism and the Shadow of the Avant-Garde

Part 3 of 3 in The Leonard A. Lauder Lecture Series on Modern Art– Art x Architecture: Russian Intersections 1917–37.

Featuring:

Jean-Louis Cohen, Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University

Organized by the Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art


Contributors

Jean-Louis Cohen
Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University

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