Sketchbook
early 20th Century (drawn)
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Full red cloth case binding. Text-block sewn on four tapes. Volume containing 24 sheets of sketches and Cubist Rayonist drawings of bridges etc. and portrait studies adhered to support leaves. Contents: (1) Study for the portrait of a man. (2) Portrait of a man with a beard. Inscribed: 'Possibly W. Nemirovich-Dantschenko Moscow Art Theatre'. (3) Dancer. (4) Cubist landscape. (5) Support of a bridge. (6) Cubist landscape. (7) Cubist landscape. (8) Design for a poster. (9) Portrait of a man with a cigarette in his mouth. (10) Bridge. (11) Bridge. (12) Bridge. (13) Bridge. (14) Bridge. (15) Bridge. (16) Bridge. (17) Bridge. (18) A face. (19) Bridge. (20) A bridge in the mountains. (21) Cubist landscape. (22) Bridge. (23) Bridge. (24) An eye and nose in profile.
1-9, 15, 17,20, 21 and 24 are in pencil, the remainder in black chalk.
1-9, 15, 17,20, 21 and 24 are in pencil, the remainder in black chalk.
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Materials and techniques | pencil drawing on paper |
Brief description | Sketchbook of Cubist and Rayonist drawings by Natalia Goncharova |
Physical description | Full red cloth case binding. Text-block sewn on four tapes. Volume containing 24 sheets of sketches and Cubist Rayonist drawings of bridges etc. and portrait studies adhered to support leaves. Contents: (1) Study for the portrait of a man. (2) Portrait of a man with a beard. Inscribed: 'Possibly W. Nemirovich-Dantschenko Moscow Art Theatre'. (3) Dancer. (4) Cubist landscape. (5) Support of a bridge. (6) Cubist landscape. (7) Cubist landscape. (8) Design for a poster. (9) Portrait of a man with a cigarette in his mouth. (10) Bridge. (11) Bridge. (12) Bridge. (13) Bridge. (14) Bridge. (15) Bridge. (16) Bridge. (17) Bridge. (18) A face. (19) Bridge. (20) A bridge in the mountains. (21) Cubist landscape. (22) Bridge. (23) Bridge. (24) An eye and nose in profile. 1-9, 15, 17,20, 21 and 24 are in pencil, the remainder in black chalk. |
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Production type | Unique |
Object history | On grounds of style this sketch-book appears to belong to the period 1918-24, although it is difficult to date it precisely. Purchased from the artist in 1961. |
Bibliographic reference | John Milner A Slap in the Face! Futurists in Russia London: Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, 2007. ISBN: 978 0 85667 639 0. |
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Accession number | E.963-1961 |
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Record created | January 16, 2007 |
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