Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov, Russian, 1881 to 1964, antique charcoal painting on paper depicting a self portrait, 1909. Signed with initials and dated lower left. Framed. Additionally signed and dated, on the backside. Provenance: Bloomsbury Auctions, New York, NY, United States, October 29, 2008, lot 227. An auction paper label is on the backside. Mikhail Larionov was a painter, graphic artist, book illustrator, theater artist. Studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, intermittently, under A. E. Arkhipov, V. A. Serov and K. A. Korovin. Initiator of the opening of the first exhibition Bubnovy Valet or Jack of Diamonds, 1910, exhibitions Osliny Khvost or Donkeys Tail, 1912, Mishen or Target, 1913, Futurists, Luchists, Primitives, 1914. The creator of the theory of Luchism, one of the first experiments in non objective art. One of the leading artists of S. P. Diaghilevs enterprise. From 1919 he lived permanently in Paris. Russian Soviet Era Avant Garde Portraits, Wall Art For Collectors. One of a kind artwork.