Russian avant-garde 1910-30: the George Costakis collection.

Russian-born Greek national George Costakis has managed to collect over 5,000 paintings, drawings and sculptures of Russian, 1910-1930 avant-garde art. Costakis was able to buy the treasures with a little over $100 a month left from his salary as a worker at the Canadian embassy in Moscow. He donated most of it to the Tretiakov museum in Moscow in return for being allowed to keep 1,000 pieces. Tretiakov museum officials have allowed the works to be united with Costakis' collection at the Athens National Gallery. The works are highly unusual in their scope and profundity.

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