Goncharova, Natalia — Mikhaïl Larionov |

Goncharova, Natalia — Mikhaïl Larionov

L'Art Décoratif Théatrical Moderne. Paris: Le Cible, 1919 

12 plates (445 x 292 mm, sight), including 8 pochoirs printed in color (2 on brown paper), and 4 lithographs; matted, framed and glazed; not examined out of frame, a few plates lightly creased or undulating, one signature partially trimmed. [With]: the original black cloth folio. Printed front wrapper mounted on upper cover, decorative endpapers, signed in ink by Goncharova and Larionow on the half-title, additional in-text reproductions laid in; disbound, covers repaired, a few losses to endpapers and scattered wear. 

Number 55 of 100 deluxe copies signed by Goncharova and Larionov, handsomely framed for display

Published to mark the occasion of Larionov and Goncharova's arrival in Paris from Russia, and the grand exhibition of their theatrical work at the Galerie Barbazanges. Includes Larionov's Masque théâtral, Equilibre de la Danse, and La Paon — the mechanical peacock costume. This sumptuous portfolio highlights the avant-garde artists' ongoing concern with costume design expressed through a distinctly cubist sensibility filled with vibrant color and abstract forms.  

PROVENANCE

S. Schreiber (Exhibited: "Concepts in Construction: 1910-1980," Neuberger Museum, State University of New York at Purchase, 27 January-31 March, 1985) — Harold F. Gilbert (10-12 February 1999, Sotheby's New York, lot 235)