Cubo-futurist composition
By: Kirill ZDANEVITCH
Published: 1905
Language: und
Notes: Gouache on tinted vellum paper, signed in Cyrillic at lower right corner, identification and number by another hand on verso.

''Dynamic composition in red, black and grey evoking a man waving a flag by the cubo-futurist Georgian painter and graphic artist Kirill Zdanevitch (1892-1969), a member of the Russian avant-garde movement and brother of the futurist poet and artist Iliazd. Being part of the artistic group “”Donkey's Tale””, Zdanevich collaborated with the leading avant-garde artists of his time, being especially close to Mikhail Larionov and Nataliya Goncharova. Together with his brother and another fellow artist Mikhaïl Le Dentu Zdanevich discovered and actively promoted the art of the Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani buying many of his works. Unlike his more famous brother, Kirill remained in Russia after the Revolution''.