Invitation to "Grand Bal des Artistes", 1923
Mikhail Fedorovich Larionovexpand_more
Lithograph on cream paperexpand_more
The Modernism Collection, gift of Norwest Bank Minnesotaexpand_more P.98.33.17
Not on Viewexpand_more
Mikhail Larionov was the lifelong companion of Natalia Goncharova. He ranks prominently as a founder of Rayism. Larionov's invitation was published in tandem with Goncharova's poster Grand Bal de Nuit. The design resembles an illustration by Larionov, published in Vladimir Mayakovsky's The Sun, 1922. Each of Larionov's designs contains some letters from the title; the others can be interpolated from the figures. This concept was inspired by the Zaum ("transitional") literature of the Russian Futurists, in which printed letters are composed to suggest alternative meanings confounding standard syntax and grammar separating sound from immediate sense. Larionov alleged that his use of letters derived from shop signboards.
Details
- Title
- Invitation to "Grand Bal des Artistes"
- Artist Life
- 1881 - 1964
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.98.33.17
- Curator Approved
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