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AUGUST 2024 SALE OF FINE ARTS & COLLECTIBLES
Lot 120:
Mikhail Larionov (Russian, Soviet, French, 1881-1964), Tea in the Garden, 1914. A pencil is on thin cream paper mounted on board. It was signed by the artist dated on the lower left and matted and framed.
Provenance: Swann Galleries, DISCOVERY SALE 06.28.2012, lot 216.
Footnote: Mikhail Larionov was a painter, graphic artist, book illustrator, and theater artist. Studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 1898–1910, intermittently, under A. E. Arkhipov, V. A. Serov and K. A. Korovin. Initiator of the opening of the first exhibition Bubnovy Valet or Jack of Diamonds, 1910, exhibitions Osliny Khvost or Donkey’s Tail, 1912, Mishen’ or Target, 1913, Futurists, Luchists, Primitives, 1914. The creator of the theory of Luchism – one of the first experiments in non-objective art. One of the leading artists of S. P. Diaghilev’s enterprise. From 1919 he lived permanently in Paris. Collectible Russian Soviet Theater Related Artworks, Russian Avant-Garde Fine Art For Collectors.
17 x 14 in., (43.5 x 35.5 cm.)
Condition: Excellent.
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