SALE OF WORKS OF ART
FROM RUSSIAN MUSEUMS AND CASTLES
(“Times” (Rec. October 11, 7.35 p.m.) London, October 10. The Berlin correspondent of “The Times” reports that the sale .in Russia of works of art on behalf of the Soviet trade delegation will begin on November 6, with 447 valuable objects which have been taken from Leningrad museums and castles. The catalogue explains that Russia’s public collections have been so enriched by the confiscation of private collections that it becomes possible to dispose of the surplus without appreciably depleting museums and galleries. The surplus is so numerous that it is impossible to’ find accommodation- for it, even after utilising the Tsar’s Winter Palace. The objects include priceless tapestries, “'gold ware, furniture, sculptures, and paintings. ,
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 15, 12 October 1928, Page 10
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124SALE OF WORKS OF ART Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 15, 12 October 1928, Page 10
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