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Mikhail Larionov

Mikhail Larionov

Russian-French, 1881–1964

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PaintingCubismAbstract Art

Representation

None documented

20

Institutional Exhibitions

37

Works in Collection

79

Assets Indexed

1

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Painters for the Theater

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Abstractions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988–1989

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Iliazd and the Illustrated Book

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

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Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910�1980

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983–1984

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Art of the Twenties

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979–1980

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Gifts of Drawing

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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Revolution: Russian Avant-Garde, 1912�1930

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978–1979

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A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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Cubism and Its Affinities

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Painters for the Theatre: An Invitation to the Theatre Arts Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1973–1974

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Ways of Looking

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1971

Field Verification (1 fields)

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BiographyWikipedia· 88%

Source Registry (3)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/mikhail-larionov
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3389
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Movement

Cubism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (37)

Plate 12 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I

Plate 12 from Futurists, Abstractionists, Dadaists: the Forerunners of the Avant-Garde, vol. I

1962 · Etching from an illustrated book with nineteen etchings (three with drypoint, two with aquatint, and one with aquatint and embossing) and one engraving

plate: 5 3/4 × 4 7/16" (14.6 × 11.2 cm); page: 11 3/4 × 9 7/16" (29.8 × 24 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1923 · Illustrated book

Page: 6 7/16 x 4 13/16" (16.4 x 12.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Page: 6 7/16 x 4 13/16" (16.3 x 12.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1923 · Illustrated book

Page: 6 7/16 x 4 13/16" (16.3 x 12.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Fox (Disguised as a Nun). Costume design for the ballet Le Renard

The Fox (Disguised as a Nun). Costume design for the ballet Le Renard

1921 · Watercolor, ink, and pencil on paper

20 x 13 5/8" (50.8 x 34.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Fox. Curtain design for the ballet Le Renard (The Fox)

The Fox. Curtain design for the ballet Le Renard (The Fox)

1921 · Watercolor, ink, gouache, and pencil on paperboard

19 3/4 x 25 1/2" (50.2 x 64.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Fox (Disguised as a Pilgrim). Costume design for the ballet Le Renard

1921 · Watercolor, ink, and pencil on paper

20 x 13 5/8" (50.8 x 34.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Buffoon and His Wife

1921 · Ink on paper

13 1/8 x 10 1/8" (33.5 x 25.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Designs for Renard

1921 · Watercolor on paper

Museum of Modern Art

Page: 11 x 8 11/16" (27.9 x 22 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Spiral

1917 · Gouache on paper

30 5/8 x 21 1/4" (77.8 x 54 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1913 · Linoleum cut

plate: 9 1/2 x 12 5/8" (24.1 x 32.1 cm); sheet (slightly irreg.): 12 3/16 x 18 9/16" (31 x 47.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Rayonist Composition: Number 8

Rayonist Composition: Number 8

1913 · Ink, gouache, and watercolor on paper

20 x 14 3/4" (50.8 x 37.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Rayonist Composition: Number 9

Rayonist Composition: Number 9

1913 · Gouache on colored paper

10 3/8 x 18" (26.3 x 45.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Rayonist Composition: Heads

1913 · Gouache and oil on paper on board

27 1/4 x 20 1/2" (69.3 x 52.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Four illustrations from Pomada

1913 · Four lithographs

Page (.1): 4 1/2 x 3 11/16" (11.4 x 9.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pomada (Pomade)

Pomada (Pomade)

1913 · Book with 12 lithographs (eight with watercolor additions, including cover) and lithographed manuscript text

page (each approx.): 5 3/4 x 3 7/8" (14.6 x 9.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pomada (Pomade)

Pomada (Pomade)

1913 · Book with 12 lithographs (including cover) and lithographed manuscript text

page (irreg.): 5 15/16 x 4 1/8" (15.1 x 10.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Poluzhivoi (Half-Alive)

Poluzhivoi (Half-Alive)

1913 · Book with 17 lithographs (including covers) with lithographed manuscript text

page (each): 7 1/4 x 5 13/16" (18.4 x 14.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Oslinyi khvost i Mishen' (Donkey's Tail and Target)

Oslinyi khvost i Mishen' (Donkey's Tail and Target)

1913 · Illustrated book with ten lithographs and letterpress cover

page (each): 11 5/16 x 8 9/16" (28.7 x 21.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Oslinyi khvost i Mishen' (Donkey's Tail and Target)

Oslinyi khvost i Mishen' (Donkey's Tail and Target)

1913 · Book with nine lithographs and letterpress cover

page: 11 5/16 x 8 9/16" (28.7 x 21.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Folio 29 from Mirskontsa (Worldbackwards)

Folio 29 from Mirskontsa (Worldbackwards)

1912 · Lithograph with lithographed manuscript text from an illustrated book with twenty-seven lithographs (fifteen with lithographed manuscript text), seven rubber-stamped texts, five lithographed manuscript texts, and collaged cover

Museum of Modern Art

Folio 37 from Mirskontsa (Worldbackwards)

Folio 37 from Mirskontsa (Worldbackwards)

1912 · Lithograph with lithographed manuscript text from an illustrated book with twenty-seven lithographs (fifteen with lithographed manuscript text), seven rubber-stamped texts, five lithographed manuscript texts, and collaged cover

Museum of Modern Art

Folio 32 from Mirskontsa (Worldbackwards)

Folio 32 from Mirskontsa (Worldbackwards)

1912 · Lithograph with lithographed manuscript text from an illustrated book with twenty-seven lithographs (fifteen with lithographed manuscript text), seven rubber-stamped texts, five lithographed manuscript texts, and collaged cover

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

37 published of 73 catalogued · 51 with image

MoMA
36 publishedof 72 catalogued51 img
The Met
1 published

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Images

Artsy artwork: Rayonist Dancer (1915)

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Artsy artwork: Femme assise

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Artsy artwork: Composition (1923)

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Artsy artwork: Larionov et Gontcharova (9 engravings) (1965)

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Artsy artist portrait

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Pomade (Pomada) (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

5

Movements2

Cubism Abstract Art

Collections3

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US