Varvara Fyodorovna Stepanova

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Members of the public view artwork by Damien Hirst entitled: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. (see notes) (1991) Tiger shark, glass, steel

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Varvara Fyodorovna Stepanova: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

John E. Bowlt and Matthew Drutt (eds.), Amazons of the Avant-Garde: Alexandra Exter, Natalia Goncharova, Liubov Popova, Olga Rozanova, Varvara Stepanova, and Nadezhda Udaltsova (1999), is an exhibition catalogue. Alexander Lavrentiev, Varvara Stepanova: The Complete Work (1988; originally published in Russian), edited by John E. Bowlt, is an extensive study by her grandson.

Andrei D. Sarabianov

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Description	Contributor	Date
Anniversary information added.		May 16, 2024
First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 01, 2024
Anniversary information added.		Oct 17, 2023
Add new Web site: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza - Biography of Varvara Fedorovna Stepanova.	Emily Rodriguez	Nov 24, 2016
Add new Web site: Russia-InfoCentre - Biography of Varvara Stepanova.	Emily Rodriguez	Nov 22, 2016
Add new Web site: The Museum of Modern Art - Biography of Varvara Stepanova.	Yamini Chauhan	Jul 08, 2014
New article added.	Kathleen Kuiper	May 23, 2011