Meet Igor Vitalyevich Savitsky, a Ukrainian-born painter and art collector, through this book’s touching tribute to his creation of the Nukus Museum of Art, also known as the Desert of Forbidden Art. It is home to a precious collection of avant-garde Soviet Orientalist art that would have been destroyed by Stalin, had it not been for Savitsky. The book is meant to be displayed like a piece of art since, as per Prosper Assouline, a book is most often closed so it is crucial that its cover is absolutely riveting. 

• Material: Hardcover
• Dimensions: Width: 10”, Length: 13”, Thickness: 1.6” 
• Page count: 303
• 220 illustrations
• Weight: 6.16 lbs