LARIONOV MIKHAIL (1881-1964) Lucihsm: [Ocherk]. Rayonism: [Essay]. Moscow: [Publ. K. and K.], 1913

21 p., [6] leaves of illustrations. 14.7x11.5 cm. Edition of 1000 copies. Published without a title page. In a typographic publisher's cover. Tears along the spine of the cover. Ex Libris of the avant-garde poet Sergei Bobrov blind-embossed on the first page, and his personal stamp on the back cover. On page 21, there is an additional para-graph of handwritten text dated: "Moscow. / June 1912," likely written by Mikhail Larionov. First and only edition. The book was distributed at the opening of the "Mishen" exhibition in March 1913. Au-totypes of drawings by M. Larionov and N. Goncharova in the style of luchism are in-cluded at the end of the book. Theoretical work by Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov (1881-1964) – Russian painter, graphic artist, scenographer, art theorist, and one of the founders of the Russian avant-garde. Rayonism, one of the first movements in avant-garde painting, was invented by Mikhail Larionov. This movement established the basis for the origin of abstract painting in Russia. Provenance: Sergei Pavlovich Bobrov (1889-1971) – Russian poet, literary critic, transla-tor, artist, mathematician, and versifier, one of the organizers of Russian futurism, and a popularizer of science.