Kirill Mikhailovitch Zdanevitch (Russian, 1892 - 1969), oil on cardboard painting "Road in the hillside village." Signed in Cyrillic on the backside.Provenance: Shapiro Auctions New York, Gene Shapiro Auctions, LLC 04.23.2009, lot 192.Note: Kirill Zdanevich was a Russian and Soviet artist who worked across various genres. He painted murals in Tiflis's cafe-clubs, worked as a book illustrator and designed the interior of Ladia argonavtov [The Argonaut], where he staged his performances. In the 1920s he traveled to Paris where he learned further diverse styles of artistic expression, namely Cubism, Expressionism and Abstraction. There he met his fellow artists Larionov, Goncharova, Gudiashvili and Kakabadze. Zdanevich participated in activities of Georgian futurists; he was a member of the association Syndicate of Futurists; he was also one of the organizers of the futuristic group 41о (“41 degrees”). He also developed the theories of orchestral painting and everythingness.

Dimensions: 22 1/2 x 13 1/2 in., (57 x 34 cm.)