Natalia Goncharova (Russian, 1881-1962) and Mikhail Larionov...

Estimate

£6,000 - £8,000

Natalia Goncharova (Russian, 1881-1962) and Mikhail Larionov (Russian, 1881-1964)
L'art décoratif théâtral moderne
Paris, La Cible, 1919
Number 403 from an edition of 515 copies
With 6 pochoir prints, 4 by Larionov and 2 by Gontcharova, 8 colour plates (listed as gravures) and 8 tipped-in illustrations.
With a half-title pencil dedication from Larionov to Clive Bell, along with a signed pencil drawing by Larionov.

Clive Bell was an art critic and member of the Bloomsbury Group, married to painter Vanessa Bell and brother-in-law of writer Virginia Woolf. He and Larionov were close friends.

Provenance:
A gift from Mikhail Larionov to Clive Bell (1881-1964);
Collection of Clive Bell, UK;
Thence by descent to a previous owner;
Private collection, Europe;
Private collection, UK