Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova

Grosvenor Gallery, London, 1917-1923
Fischer Fine Art, London
Private Collection
Sale: Sotheby's, London, February 15, 1984, lot 128, illustrated
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

New York, Leonard Hutton Galleries, Russian Avant-Garde 1908-1922, October-December 1971, no. 28
London, Fischer Fine Art, Tatlin's Dream: Russian Suprematism and Constructivist Art 1910-1923, November-January 1973-1974, no. 23
New Rochelle, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, Russian Avant-garde Art from the Schreiber Collection, September-October 1984, no. 13
Storrs, The William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Russian Avant-garde Art from the Schreiber Collection, January-March 1986
New Rochelle, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, The Russian Experiment: Master Works and Contemporary Works, September-October 1990

Fischer Fine Art, Tatlin's Dream: Russian Suprematist and Constructivist Art 1910-1923, London, 1973-1974, pl. 23, illustrated
Jennifer Roth, Russian Avant-garde Art from the Schreiber Collection, New York, 1984, illustrated
Alla Rosenfeld, The Russian Experiment: Master Works and Contemporary Works, New York, 1990, p. 7, illustrated
"Its Uneven Nature Lends Drama to Show of Russian Works," New York Times, October 21, 1990, illustrated
Alla Rosenfeld, Defining Russian Graphic Arts, 1898-1934, New Brunswick, 1999, p. 1, illustrated

Pencil and colored crayons on paper laid down on board. In the lower left corner the paper appears to be cut and repaired. The edges of the composition are uneven and the paper is very slightly buckled. Held in a wood frame with cloth slip and under glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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This work is a study for the painting of the same title, executed in 1916.