Proffer, Ellendea (ed.). Tsvetaeva: A Pictorial Biography [Цветаева. Фотобиография]. — Ann Arbor, MI: Ardis, 1980.
Character/Sitter
Цветаева, Марина Ивановна [Tsvetaeva, Marina] (Russian, 1892 – 1941)
Title-page: ЦВЕТАЕВА | TSVETAEVA / ФОТО-БИОГРАФИЯ | A PICTORIAL BIOGRAPHY
Edited by / Редактор | ELLENDEA PROFFER / ЭЛЛЕНДЕА ПРОФФЕР
Translations by / Переводы | J. MARIN KING / ДЖ. МАРИН КИНГ
Introduction by / Вступление | CARL R. PROFFER / КАРЛ ПРОФФЕР
From materials collected by / С материалов, собранных | M. B. and I. K. / М. Б. и И. К.
The photographs in this book | are from the collection of | Mikhail A. Baltsvinik / Фотографии из коллекции | Михаила Абрамовича | Балцвиника (1931–80)
ARDIS | Ann Arbor ||
Place/Date: Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1980.
Publisher: Ardis Publishers.
Printer: Printed in the United States of America.
Language: Russian; English.
ISBN: 0-88233-358-5 (cloth); 0-88233-359-3 (paperback).
Description: Softcover, 280 × 217 mm. Pictorial wrappers in blue over white with red lettering to front cover, blue lettering on white to back cover, white lettering on blue to spine. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, reproductions of manuscripts, documents, and locations associated with Marina Tsvetaeva. Bilingual Russian–English text. The contents include portraits, group photographs, family and friends, the literary milieu, autographs, places connected with Tsvetaeva’s life and death, and genealogical charts.
Provenance / Inserts: Folded pictorial card inscribed “Best wishes at Easter,” with autograph manuscript dated 26 April 1962 in pre-reform Russian orthography, laid in; bookplate Ex Libris Beyrle-Greene Collection affixed to verso of front wrapper.
Contents / Содержание: Introduction / Вступление — 9 Portraits of Tsvetaeva / Портреты Цветаевой — 19 Tsvetaeva in Group Photographs / Цветаева в групповых фотографиях — 36 Family and Friends / Родные и близкие — 62 Places Connected with the Memory of Tsvetaeva / Памятные места, связанные с Цветаевой — 108 Tsvetaeva in Art / Цветаева в изобразительном искусстве — 118 Tsvetaeva’s Autographs / Автографы Цветаевой — 114 Tsvetaeva’s Literary Milieu / Литературное окружение Цветаевой — 129
Contributors: Цветаева, Марина Ивановна [Tsvetaeva, Marina] (Russian, 1892–1941) Proffer, Ellendea (American, b. 1944) Proffer, Carl Ray (American, 1938–1984) Балцвиник, Михаил Абрамович (Soviet-Jewish, 1931–1980)
Additional Information
| Collection | Library , Russia: history, art, literature , TAMIZDAT |
|---|---|
| Type / Purpose | Book , Pictorial album |
| Period | 20 AD , Late 20th century |
| Country | USA |
| Media/Technique | Paper , Wove paper |
| Language | English , Russian |
| Subject | 20th century , Biography , History , Photography , Pictorial works , Political emigration , Russian history , Russian literature , Russian poetry , Russian poets , Tamizdat |
| Creation / Publishing year | 1980 |
| Binding | Original , Pictorial wrappers , Softcover |
| Edition | 1st edition |
| Location | Bookshelf 7.1. |
| Acquisition year | 2026 |
