Mikhail Larionov, Russian, 1881 to 1964, wax pencil on paper drawing titled Mahaon. With the inscriptions to the back. Signed to the back upper right. Framed. Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov was an avant-garde Russian painter who worked with radical exhibitors and pioneered the first approach to abstract Russian art. His lifelong partner was fellow avant-garde artist, Natalia Goncharova. Pencil Drawings And Russian Art Collectibles.