Russian Graphic Art And The Revolution Of 1905

15 September through mid-January
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 121 Wall Street
8:30am - 5:00pm

Guest Curator: Professor Laura Engelstein

A brilliant window onto the creative flourish of fin-de-si�cle artists, radicals, and the literary avant-garde in Tsarist Russia tenuously opened when censorship collapsed for a brief time in the midst of the revolutionary upheaval of 1905. Drawing on a newly acquired collection of literary and satirical magazines, this exhibition highlights the work of graphic artists who rushed to fill the expressive void with powerful imagery of anguish and defiance, at once dark and colorful. [ca. 35 items]