Natalia Goncharova (1881-1962)

The present works were executed by Goncharova in 1913 for 'Two Poems: The Hermits; The Hermitess', one of her collaborations with the poet Aleksei Kruchenykh (1886-1968). Kruchenykh is best known for his Russian Futurist Collaborations with Avant-Garde artists including Goncharova, Larionov, Malevich and his wife Rozanova, books created between 1912-1916 that are distinguished by their lack of punctuation and deliberate errors. 'Two Poems: The Hermits; The Hermitess' are characteristically free-flowing while Goncharova’s accompanying illustrations are executed in her distinctive and entirely appropriate primitive style.