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Viktor Kholodkov Papers
Kholodkov, Viktor, 1948-2015
14012592
BA#0562
English
, Yiddish
, Russian
.
8.5 Linear Feet
20 manuscript boxes
1940-2015
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Biographical / Historical
Viktor Kholodkov (1948-2015), Russian-American Art Dealer and Collector, was born in Kharkiv but in the early 1970s he moved to Moscow where he became an art dealer specializing in early Soviet avant-garde. He was a close associate of Nikolai Khardzhiev, one of the most influential art collectors in the former Soviet Union. Kholodkov main interest was in the art of VKhUTEMAS, the acronym for the Russian State and Technical School founded in 1920 in Moscow. VKhUTEMAS is often been reductively referred to as the "Soviet Bauhaus". Its faculty comprised some of the most pioneering Soviet artists of the time unckuding Aleksandr Rodchenko, Varvara Stepanova, El Lissitzky, Vladimir Tatlin, and Gustav Klutsis.
Biographical / Historical
In 1989, Viktor Kholodkov had immigrated to the United States and managed to bring there his extensive collection of prints and paintings related to the VKhUTEMAS art. In 1992, some of the paintings from his collection were exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum in New York at the exhibition entitled "The Great Utopia: Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde". In 1995, he sold his collection to the Getty museum in Los Angeles. The same year, he sold his collection of early Soviet sheet music covers to the Library of Congress, however, this collection also contains similar covers.
Biographical / Historical
Viktor Kholodkov died in San Diego, California in 2015.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Viktor Kholodkov Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Content Description
Personal and professional correspondence, art exhibition catalogs, photographs, printed materials, bio-biographical materials on Russian artists including emigre artists based in the U.S. and Europe collected by Viktor Kholodkov (1948-2015), renowned art dealer and collector. This collection complements Bakhmeteff Archive's holdings on Russian emigre artists.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Art -- Soviet Union
Russian American artists
Feinberg, Leon, 1897-1969
Fevralʹskiĭ, Aleksandr Vilʹi︠a︡movich
Serebri︠a︡kova, Zinaida Evgenʹevna, 1884-1967
Guerra, René
Hollerbach, Serge, 1923-2021
Kovalenko, G. (Georgiĭ)
Golubovskiĭ, E. M.
Lushchik, Sergeĭ
Deĭneko, Olʹga, 1897-1970
Korolev, B. D. (Boris Danilovich), 1885-1963
VKhUTEMAS (Art school)
Vasilʹev, Boris
Bowlt, John E.
Kotarbiński, Wilhelm, 1848-1921
Series I: CorrespondenceAutographs of American politicianscopies11Autographs of Russian and Soviet artists and writers including A. V. Fevralskii, L. E. Feinberg, Boris Vasil'ev, Zinaida Serebriakova, Vladimir Kazakov, and others12Autographs of Soviet functionaries13Bowlt, John14Business correspondence1979-1990s15Drobachevsky, Irina correspondence:with Evgenii Golubovskii16with Rene Guerra (with related manuscirpt)1986-200417with Georgii Kovalenko (with related manuscripts)18with Sergei Lushchik2000-200519with Alla Toiberman110Series II: Original ArtDeineko, Olga111Ershov, Igor' Aleksandrovich111Karavashkin, M.111Kotarbinskii, V.111Proskuriakova, Elena (lynotype)1938111Sakhno, V.111Sazonova, A. V.111Sternberg, G.111Tarakanov, L.111Children's art111Unknown112Series III: Helix CenterCopies of artworks from Kholodkov's collection2-4Copies of posters from Kholodkov's collection51-7Copies of prints from Kholodkov's collection58Copies of the items exhibited at Great Experiment exhibition, Rosa Esman Gallery199261Copies of playbills and covers62Copies of postcards from Kholodkov's collection63Rare Russian and Soviet postcards64-7Invitations1906-194671Flyers-leaflets72Helix business correspondence1989-199673Exhibition loans1990s74-5Exhibitions and festivals with loans from Kholodkov's collections76Paintings for sale77Keepers of the Flame exhibition81Exhibition invitations82Photographs of Alexandra Iakusheva paintings from Kholodkov's collection83Russian Archives Records, Business Correspondence84Russian Archives lists and forms85Sales documents and lists86Lists of paintings on slides872 audiotapes, unlabeled8Series IV: Professional ActivitiesSubseries IV.1: Copies of Art Catalogs1899-193491-51913-1928101-4Scope and Contents(Including Akchu, Khudozhnik Segodnia, The Art of Soviet Ukraine, and others)
1916-1929111-41920-1936121-3XIV Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte della citta di Venezia12415 let RKKA, Moscow1933125XX let RKK and Voienno-Morskogo Flota1938126Apollon1913127Art Studio Dobychina; Mishen'; Alexandra Exter; Kultur-Liga1913-1937128Erste Sussische Kunstausstellung, Berlin1922129Feodosia Museum; Central Museum of Tavrida19271210Frantsuzskaia vystavka kartin "Sovremennoe iskusstvo", Moscow19121211In Chinese1212Iskusstvo v massy1929131Khudozhniki RSFSR za XV let, Moscow1932132Mir Iskusstva1903, 1911-1922133-4Moskovskoe Tovarishchestvo Khudozhnikov1912-1917135Pervaia peredvizhnaia vystavka zhivopisi i grafiki1929136Pervaia vystavka kartin Professional'nogo Soiuza Khudozhnikov v Moskve1918137Russian Avant-Garde1990s138Sotsialisticheskoe stroitel'stvo v sovetskom iskusstve1931141Vystavka molodykh khudozhnikov, Moscow1931142Vystavka rabot masterov sovetskogo fotoiskusstva, Moscow1935143Zhivopis' i grafika russkikh khudozhnikov 1-i treti XX veka1967144Zhizn' i byt narodov SSSR145Subseries IV.2: Subject FilesPersonaliaAllen, Polly172Boim, Solomon147Deineka, Aleksandr168Egorov, Konstantin Kuz'mich (documents and photos)179Guerra, Rene171Korolev, Boris DanilovichGeneral169Copies of artworks1610Maramzin, Vladimir175Tarkhanov, M. M.166Troshin, N. S.167Tsvetaeva, Marina161Various Soviet Artists173-4Various: research materials, lists, exhibits materials, publications by various authors, trips etc.Conferences and articles185Great Utopia Exhibition correspondence and loans1611"Izo-Iskusstvo v massovykh prazdnestvakh i demonstratsiiakh by Gushchin, A. S., 1931 (copy)1710Khodasevich, Valentina (copy of a book)183List of potential donors and sellers of art148-10Music covers design176Publications by Serge Hollerbach, Kseniia Verner182Research materials for "Shostakovich: The Man and His Age" conference177Research material on Soviet posters1411"Samodeiatelnoie iskusstvo" by Gushchin A. S. (Copy)181Soviet posters162Stroganov Institute of Arts184Trip to Russia1958146Various articles and press information186VKHUTEMAS163-5WWII documents, photos, clippings178Subseries IV.3: Lists of ArtistsLists of artists151-3Lists of artistic groups and societies1920-1940154-5Lists of VKHUTEMAS artists156Various lists157Subseries IV.4: Bio-Biblio Notes on Russian and Soviet ArtistsA-G187-9J-Z191-9Various (short biographies)1910Series V: Photographs and DocumentsPhotographs and documents201Photographs, notes and notecards202Photographs203-4Copies of photographs of various art projects (Malevich, Drekin, Udal'tsova, etc.)205Historical documents and memorabilia205Series VI: Various: Manuscripts and Printed MaterialsPages from a book collector's diary: notes on VKHUTEMAS and Lentulov. Manuscript "The Art of Space" by David Kakabadze207Articles about Kholodkov208Brochures, invitations, leaflets, playbills, business cards, labels209Clippings2010Postcards2011