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LARIONOV, Mikhail Fedorovich (1881-1964). Reclini

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1937. Pencil and watercolor on paper (240 x 365 mm). Signed with monogram, dated January 1937, and inscribed in Cyrillic "To dear Vladimir Nikolaevich at Maxim's in Paris" at upper left. Framed. A fine example of Larionov's figure paintings of the period and a keen display of the artist's cosmopolitanism both in subject matter and in the inscription that references the long famous destination for Parisian gourmands. "As Yuri Annenkov shrewdly noted, Larionov's works of the 1930s possess a musical quality, created by a precision which the artist only attained after years of experience.Annenkov's critique of these paintings characterizes them succinctly, and differentiates them in spirit, style and execution from those of earlier periods. They are among Larionov's most profound and poignant paintings and it is unfortunate that, because they do not belong to the heroic period of Larionov's creativity, they are not better known and appreciated" (Parton, pp. 208-209).

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