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Costakis: The Collector (1983)
Directed by Barrie Gavin
Documentary · 54m
One public housing flat in Moscow stood out above all others: the home of George Costakis, the foremost collector of early 20th century Russian avant-garde art. Its walls were crowded with banned and forgotten works by artists such as Malevich, Tatlin, Kandinsky, Chagall, Lissitzky, Rodchenko, and Kliun; public figures such as Edward Kennedy, Stravinsky, and Alfred Barr visited. Barrie Gavin met the collector in 1982 at his home in Athens. Costakis, a Greek born in Russia, passionately shares his story and those of the great Russian avant-garde artists. Their works are his legacy – without him, they would not have survived the political upheavals in Russia.
Cast
Lyndon Brook
Crew
- Director
- Barrie Gavin
Details
- Release date
- 1983-01-01
- Runtime
- 54m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN