Sketchbook, Paris
Sketchbook
ca. 1916-1922 (made)
ca. 1916-1922 (made)
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Full red cloth case binding containing 14 sheets of slightly bluish paper with drawings in black chalk and some in lilac ink adhered to textblock pages.
Contents: p. 1: Portrait of a man holding a cigarette; p. 2: Officer in profile; p. 3: Portrait of a man in military uniform with decoration; p. 4: Portrait of a man in military uniform with decoration; p. 5: Sketch of a woman in Spanish costume; p. 6: Sketch of a woman rapped in a shawl; p. 7: Woman in Spanish costume with a house and tree in the background; p. 8: Rough sketch of a head in cubist style; p. 9: Woman in Spanish costume, with abbreviated notes on the colours in Russian; p. 10: Woman in Spanish costume; p. 11: Seated woman in profile with the Eiffel Tower and a tree in the background; p. 12: Sketch of the Eiffel Tower; p. 13: Portrait of a man [Vladimir Mayakovaky] with the Eiffel Tower in the background; p. 14: Town landscape with a bridge.
All drawings are in black chalk, except the drawings on pp. 5-7 which are in brush with lilac ink.
Contents: p. 1: Portrait of a man holding a cigarette; p. 2: Officer in profile; p. 3: Portrait of a man in military uniform with decoration; p. 4: Portrait of a man in military uniform with decoration; p. 5: Sketch of a woman in Spanish costume; p. 6: Sketch of a woman rapped in a shawl; p. 7: Woman in Spanish costume with a house and tree in the background; p. 8: Rough sketch of a head in cubist style; p. 9: Woman in Spanish costume, with abbreviated notes on the colours in Russian; p. 10: Woman in Spanish costume; p. 11: Seated woman in profile with the Eiffel Tower and a tree in the background; p. 12: Sketch of the Eiffel Tower; p. 13: Portrait of a man [Vladimir Mayakovaky] with the Eiffel Tower in the background; p. 14: Town landscape with a bridge.
All drawings are in black chalk, except the drawings on pp. 5-7 which are in brush with lilac ink.
Object details
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| Title | Sketchbook, Paris (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Black chalk and brush with lilac ink |
| Brief description | Sketchbook, Paris, by Natalia Goncharova, black chalk and lilac ink, ca. 1916-22 |
| Physical description | Full red cloth case binding containing 14 sheets of slightly bluish paper with drawings in black chalk and some in lilac ink adhered to textblock pages. Contents: p. 1: Portrait of a man holding a cigarette; p. 2: Officer in profile; p. 3: Portrait of a man in military uniform with decoration; p. 4: Portrait of a man in military uniform with decoration; p. 5: Sketch of a woman in Spanish costume; p. 6: Sketch of a woman rapped in a shawl; p. 7: Woman in Spanish costume with a house and tree in the background; p. 8: Rough sketch of a head in cubist style; p. 9: Woman in Spanish costume, with abbreviated notes on the colours in Russian; p. 10: Woman in Spanish costume; p. 11: Seated woman in profile with the Eiffel Tower and a tree in the background; p. 12: Sketch of the Eiffel Tower; p. 13: Portrait of a man [Vladimir Mayakovaky] with the Eiffel Tower in the background; p. 14: Town landscape with a bridge. All drawings are in black chalk, except the drawings on pp. 5-7 which are in brush with lilac ink. |
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| Production type | Unique |
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| Object history | The drawings on pages 1-4 appear to represent the poet Nikolay Gumilev (1886-1921) who served in the French army in 1917 and when staying in Paris during this period was a frequent guest of Goncharova and Larionov. A portrait drawing of him similar to these sketches but made by Larionov apparently at the same time is reproduced in T. Loguine, Gontcharova et Larionov, fig. 10. This suggests 1917-18 as the date for the sketch-book as a whole. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Salmina-Haskell, L., Catalogue of Russian Drawings, London: V & A, 1972, p. 21, cat. 66.
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| Accession number | E.899-1961 |
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| Record created | February 26, 2009 |
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