[Vertogradari nad Lozami]

Publisher Kn-vo "Lirika", Moscow, 1913

Author Sergei Bobrov (Russian, 1889-1971)

Artist Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova (Russian, 1881-1962)

Date1913

Dimensionsbook: 7 x 4 9/16 in. (178 x 116mm)
page (irregular): 7 x 4 1/2 in. (178 x 114mm)

MediumOriginal prints: 10 double-page lithographs in colors on cream wove paper, and 2 woodcuts (incl. 1 in gold on the cover) Text: letterpress Paper: ivory laid paper

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1981.4

Not on View

Label TextAs illustrations for Sergei Bobrov's somewhat old-fashioned poems, Natalia Goncharova created two-color lithographs in a distinctly modern style she called Rayism. Invented by Goncharova and her lifelong companion and collaborator Mikhail Larionov, Rayism was wittily called by a poet friend "a Cubist interpretation of Impressionism." Bobrov, in a short essay ending this book, praised Goncharova's lithographs as independent visual poems that "did not attempt to add anything to the poet's conception, but enabled the artist to use an analogous metaphor."Published Referencescf. Hogben, Carol, Rowan Watson, editors, From Manet to Hockney: Modern Artists’ Illustrated Books, London, 1985, no. 32, reprExhibition HistoryTMA show: Russia after the Czars, 1/23/97 - 3/30/97 TMA Russian Books & Prints: Dec.19,1981 - Feb.15,1982 Between the Wars; Sept. 5 2008 through Dec.31 2008