Anchorites; Anchoress: Two Poems (Pustynniki; Pustynnitsa: Dve poemy)

Natalia GoncharovaWW-1913-128965

1913·Book with sixteen lithographs and lithographed text in black on cream wove paper·19.1 × 14.8 × 0.5 cm (7 9/16 × 5 7/8 × 1/4 in.)

<p>Books by progressive Russian artists and poets, made between the revolutions of 1905 and 1917, aimed to overthrow conventions of art and society simultaneously. Their makers believed that art and language needed to become immediate and real—part of everyday life—and as a result these Futurist books were willfully made with cheap materials, and appeared purposely unrefined, as if they were products of wild and primitive behavior.</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1913
Medium: Book with sixteen lithographs and lithographed text in black on cream wove paper
Dimensions: 19.1 × 14.8 × 0.5 cm (7 9/16 × 5 7/8 × 1/4 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Natalia Goncharova

Artist

Natalia Goncharova

Painting

Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova was a Russian avant-garde artist, painter, costume designer, writer, illustrator, and set designer. Goncharova's lifelong partner was fellow Russian avant-garde artist Mikhail Larionov. She was a founding member of both the Jack of Diamonds (1909–1911), Moscow's first radical independent exhibiting group, the more radical Donkey's Tail (1912–1913), and with Larionov invented Rayonism (1912–1914). She was also a member of the German-based art movement Der Blaue Reiter. Born in Russia, she moved to Paris in 1921 and lived there until her death.

Tula, Russia

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