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Sketchbook

early 20th Century (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.


Object details

Categories
Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Length of closed book length: 342mm (closed book) (Note: Measured by Book Conservation in measuring box)
  • Width of closed book width: 283mm (closed book) (Note: Measured by Book Conservation in measuring box)
  • Depth: 14mm (Closed book) (Note: Measured by Book Conservation in measuring box)
Styles
Production typeUnique
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.
Collection
Accession number
E.963-1961

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Record createdJanuary 16, 2007
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