Paul Andreevitch Mansouroff or Pavel Mansurov, Russian, French, 1896 to 1983, pencil painting on paper depicting an abstract composition. Signed and dated 1974, lower right. Inscribed, From Paul Mansouroff to Steve Greenspan with Best Wishes, 1974, on the backside. Property of Greenwich Connecticut collector. Influenced by his friends, Malevich and Tatlin, Mansouroff made his first public exhibit of his abstract work in 1918 at Winter Palace in Leningrad. However, Mansouroff quickly moved away from the influence of his entourage and developed a more personal and instinctive style. Mansouroff is known for his paintings on wood, referred to as Pictural formulae. Paul Andreevitch Mansouroff or Pavel Mansurov was an understated painter of the Russian avant garde movement of the 1920s. Mansouroffs contribution to the avant-garde in Russia was a wholly non objective art that used elongated vertical surfaces to explore questions of space and spatial correlations. School of Paris Fine Art, European Abstract Paintings, Wall Art, and Collectibles. One of a kind artwork.