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A NATALIA GONCHAROVA RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE MIXED MEDIA PAINTING - Natalia Goncharova (Russian, 1881-1962), gouache on paper painting ”Jovial Jig, ” depicting a costume design for the opera ”The Fair in Sorochyntsi” by Modest Mussorgsky. Signed lower right in pencil. Note: Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova was a Russian avant-garde artist, painter, costume designer, writer, illustrator, and set designer. She was a founding member of both the Jack of Diamonds, Moscow's first radical independent exhibiting group, and the more radical Donkey's Tail art group. Together with Mikhail Larionov, she invented Rayonism, or rayism. She was also a member of the German-based art movement Der Blaue Reiter. Her painting vastly influenced the avant-garde in Russia. 13 x 9 in., (33 x 23 cm.) Condition: The drwaing appears to have no damag, foxing or tears.