The Mystical Images of War [Misticheskie obrazy voiny]

Publisher V. N. Kashin, Moscow, 1914

Artist Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova (Russian, 1881-1962)

Date1914

Dimensionsportfolio: 14 3/8 x 10 7/8 in. (365 x 277mm)
page: 12 15/16 x 10 in. (328 x 254mm)
sheet: 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (324 x 248mm)

MediumOriginal prints: 14 lithographs Reproduction: line block reproduction of a design on the portfolio cover Text: letterpress Paper: cream wove paper

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number

1981.3A-O

Not on View

Label TextNatalia Goncharova created this album shortly after the outbreak of World War I in August 1914 and the dispatch of Mikhail Larionov, her companion, to the front. Inspired by Russian military successes at the beginning of the war and the upsurge of Russian patriotism, Goncharova presents war in apocalyptic and nationalistic terms as a divinely protected endeavor, guided by the interventions of heavenly angels and Russian saints. With charged references to icons and popular religious prints, she expresses her fears of war's devastation and her fervent hopes for Russia's victory.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, Russian Books & Prints, Dec.19,1981-Feb.15,1982.

Toledo Museum of Art, Between the Wars, Sept. 5 2008-Dec.31, 2008.

Toledo Museum of Art, The Great War: Art on the Frontline, Jul. 25-Oct. 19, 2014.