Khodzhaev, Suleiman.

[FOLK CRAFTS IN SOVIET UZBEKISTAN] Pargori (vid rez'by po derevu) v rabotakh narodnogo mastera Suleimana Khodzhaeva [Pargori (a type of wood carving) in the works of the folk craftsman Suleyman Khodzhaev].

Tashkent: Gosudarstvennoe izdatel'stvo khudozhestvennoi literatury UzSSR, 1958. Small oblong quarto (19.8 × 26 cm). Publisher's embossed brown buckram; 58 pp. With 22 numbered plates of photographic reproductions, many of them full-page. About very good; boards lightly distended. Item #54941

An illustrated monograph dedicated to the work of Uzbek folk craftsman Suleyman Khodzhaev (1866–1947), published as part of the series “The Art of Folk Masters of Uzbekistan.” The volume is illustrated with photographs of the artist at work, drawings of his ornament designs, his woodworking tools, as well as photographs of wood reliefs, decorative objects, and furniture. The Soviet government largely supressed folk crafts and craftsmen in the early Soviet period, as part of the suppression of private enterprise and National cultures. However, some individual artists such as Khodzhaev were allowed to work in the context of artistic institutions, with his work held by the National Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan and the Museum of Oriental Art in Moscow. One of 1000 copies printed.

As of August 2026, KVK, OCLC show only two copies worldwide, one in Germany and one in North America.

Price: €250.00

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