Minneapolis Institute of Art

Gorod: Stikhi (The City: Verses)

Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova; Author: Aleksandr Rubakin; Publisher: Aleksandr Rubakin, in Paris

Date

1920

Medium

Lithographs and lithographed text, bound volume

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Natalia Goncharova permanently settled in Paris in 1917 along with her companion, the Russian avant-garde painter Mikhail Larionov. Her evocative illustrations for “The City” reflect her artistic evolution from Neo-Primitivism and Futurism to a theatrical lyricism, derived from her work as a stage designer for the renowned Russian impresario Sergei Diaghilev. Aleksandr Rubakin’s romanticized poems about Paris chronicle the city as it evolves into a modern urban center. Together, the poems and illustrations present a vision of a dynamic, vital metropolis—exciting, full of movement, and encompassing the human and emotional elements of modern city life. Europe

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