Vladimir Vladimirovich Sakharov Papers, 1920-1950

Vladimir Vladimirovich Sakharov Papers, 1920-1950

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BAR Ms Coll/V.V. Sakharov
Bib ID:
4078027 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Sakharov, Vladimir Vladimirovich; Fabergé, Eugène, 1874-1960
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
8 linear feet (16 manuscript boxes)
Language(s):
Russian .
Access:
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Description

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and an enormous number of notecards (that were collected over a twenty-year period for a proposed "Slovar' russkikh khudozhnikov") and several dozen notebooks containing entries to which the cards refer. Among the correspondents is Eugène Fabergé, whose letters contain information about the Fabergé dynasty of jewelers. Sakharov's manuscripts include essays on Ivan Bilibin, M. V. Rudaltsov, Mariia Bashkirtseva, Nikolai Globa and V. E. Borisov-Musatov. The cards containing information on artists are arranged alphabetically by artist and contain references to specific notebook entries. There are also bibliographic cards containing citations of articles on art in Russian and other languages. These are arranged by author. The notebooks are largely devoted to a particular artist or genre; others are designated by color and number, letter, number or not titled at all. There are also two sets of large notebooks which seem to belong to another series. There are a few photographs of artists (notably a 1939 photograph of Globa) and photographic reproductions of works by Bakst and Lukin among others. The collection contains approximately 11 exhibition catalogues dating from 1915 to 1940 and primarily relating to the exhibitions of Russian emigre artists in Paris. There are also 4 issues of "Illiustrirovannaia Rossiia" and some clippings dealing with Russian emigre artists.

Arrangement

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reproductions 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.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Vladimir Vladimirovich Sakharov Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1954.

Papers: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1961.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1954.

Papers Accessioned 1961.

Papers Processed 04/--/81.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

2020-10-05 Authorities and notes reviewed and updated, finding aid updated, ksd

Biographical sketch

Vladimir Vladimirovich Sakharov (1874-1960), Russian émigré painter, was born into a family of a famous Russian general, Vladimir Viktorovich Sakharov. He graduated from a privileged gymnasium in St. Petersburg and later became a student of the Academy of Arts. His family connections led him to meet a well-known Russian artist Mikhail Vrubel who became his mentor for many years and predicted a brilliant career for a young artist.

In 1914, as many other Russians, Sakharov was drafted into the army and served under his father's command in Romania. After the Bolshevik takeover, he immigrated to France.

He had never became famous, as Vrubel predicted, but he dedicated all his life to compiling a dictionary of Russian artists from the eleventh century until our days. He died in Paris in 1960 and his widow sold his papers to the Bakhmeteff archive at Columbia University.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Clippings (Information Artifacts)
Essays
Exhibition Catalogs
Letters (correspondence)
Notebooks
Periodicals
Photographic prints
Name
Aĭvazovskiĭ, Ivan Konstantinovich, 1817-1900
Bakst, Lʹeon, 1866-1924
Bashkirtseff, Marie, 1860-1884
Benua, Nikolaĭ Leontʹevich, 1813-1898
Bilibin, Ivan I︠A︡kovlevich, 1876-1942
Borisov-Musatov, Viktor Ėlʹpidiforovich, 1870-1905
Globa, Nikolaĭ, 1859-1941
Lukin, Aleksandr Petrovich
Rudalt︠s︡ov, M. V.
Stasov, V. V. (Vladimir Vasilʹevich), 1824-1906
Subject
Art -- Soviet Union
Emigration and immigration -- France -- 20th century
Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century

Series I: Correspondence


Box 1

Catalogued Correspondence: Faberge, Eugene


Box 1

Unidentified Correspondence

Series II: Manuscripts


Box 1

Bibliographic notes


Box 1

Ivan Nikolaevich Bilibin


Box 1

Kratkii istoricheskii ocherk Turgenevskago obshchestva russkikh artistov v Parizhe


Box 1

M. P. Latri


Box 1

M. V. Rudal'tsov


Box 1

Mariia Bashkirtseva


Box 1

Mysli i vstrechi iz dnia v den', dekabr 1 1932 - oktiabr'1941


Box 1

Mysli i vstrechi iz dnia v den', oktiabr' 1941 - dekabr', 1941


Box 1

Mysli i vstrechi iz dnia v den'-Ianvar', 1942-


Box 1

Nikolai Globa


Box 1

Nikolai Leont'evich Benua


Box 1

Sotsial'noe ravnovesie chelovechestva


Box 1

V. E. Borisov-Musatov


Box 1

Miscellaneous notes (3 folders)


Box 1

Untitled manuscript

Series III: Cards on Artists

Series contains cards with information on artists and references to collections containing their works as well as to articles about them. Arranged alphabetically by artist, according to the Latin alphabet.


Box 2

A-G


Box 3

I-L


Box 4

M-P


Box 5

R-Shch


Box 6

T-Zh

Series IV: Bibliographic Cards

Series contains cards with citations and bibliographic entries to works in Russian and other languages about Russian art. References to articles by Vladimir Stasov are most numerous. Cards arranged alphabetically by author.


Box 7

Bibliographic cards

Series V: Notebooks

Notebooks are largely devoted to a particular artist or genre; others are designated by color and number, letter, number or not titled at all. There are also two sets of large notebooks which seem to belong to another series.


Box 8

Aivazovskii; Vereshchagin


Box 8

Grafiki (2 folders)


Box 8

Ikonopis' domoskovskago perioda


Box 8

Iskusstvo XVI veka


Box 8

Katalog vystavki Surikova v 1937 godu, 1937


Box 8

Khudozhniki modernisty


Box 8

Khudozhniki parizhskoi gruppy


Box 8

M. M. Antokol'skii


Box 8

Maliutin, Ostroumova-Lebedeva, Rerberg, Bogaevskii et al.


Box 8

Muzei


Box 8

Ostroumova-Lebedeva, Kustodiev


Box 9

Repin (2 folders)


Box 9

Serebro


Box 9

Serebro - Ikonopistsy


Box 9

Stroganovskaia ikona


Box 9

Suzdal icons


Box 9

Vrubel', Bakst, Lansere, Serov, Rerikh, et al.


Box 9

1935-1936


Box 9

1936 (3 folders)


Box 10

Belaia tetrad' 3


Box 10

Krasnaia tetrad' 1


Box 10

Oranzhevaia tetrad' 1-3


Box 10

Rozovaia tetrad' 1


Box 10

Siniaia tetrad' 2-7


Box 11

Zelenaia tetrad' 6, 9, 13, 14, 15


Box 11

Zheltaia tetrad' 1 B, 9, 15


Box 11

Tetrad' A, B, V


Box 12

Tetrad' 1, 5, 7


Box 12

Untitled 1-7


Box 13

Large notebooks: Brown I-II


Box 14

Large notebooks: Brown III-IV


Box 15

Large notebooks: Green

Series V: Visual Material

Series consists of photographs and reproductions of paintings. There are a few photographs of artists, notably a 1939 photograph of Globa. Photographic reproductions include by Bakst's and Lukin's works among others.


Box 16

Photographs


Reproductions of Paintings


Box 16

Unidentified


Box 16

Bakst


Box 16

Benois


Box 16

Globa


Box 16

Kalmakov


Box 16

Lukin


Box 16

l8-19th Century

Series VI: Printed Material

Series contains approximately 11 exhibition catalogues dating from 1915 to 1940 and primarily relating to the exhibitions of Russian emigre artists in Paris (arranged chronologically). There are also 4 issues of "Illiustrirovannaia Rossiia" and some clippings dealing with Russian emigre artists.


Exhibition catalogues


Box 16

Undated


Box 16

1915-1919


Box 16

1920-1925


Box 16

1926-1930


Box 16

1931-1935


Box 16

1936-1940


Box 16

Illiustrirovannaia Rossiia (4 issues)


Box 16

Clippings


Box 16

Miscellaneous printed materials