Serge Charchoune, Russian, French, 1888 to 1975, oil painting on board depicting an abstract composition. Signed lower left. Serge Charchoune is known for Abstract, cubist, and nonobjective painting. Although he was a friend and contemporary of Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp, Serge Charchounes reluctance to associate too closely with any one group contributed to his prolonged relative obscurity. Put off by the political elements of the Dadaist movement, Charchoune pursued an unapologetically ornamental style of abstract painting influenced by Spanish Moorish art and the icons of his native Russia. One of a kind of artwork.