In the turbulent atmosphere of early twentieth-century Tsarist Russia, avant-garde artists took advantage of a newly pluralistic culture in order to challenge orthodoxies of form as well as social prohibitions. Very few did this as effectively, or to as broad an audience, as Mikhail Larionov. 'Sarah Wanen's handsomely produced and well-researched book is a welcome addition to the sparse bibliographical sources and critical discourses on Larionov's powerful, ever-elusive work.' Slavic and East European Journal 'Despite the steadily expanding literature on the Russian avant-garde, there are still many aspects of Larionov's art and creative strategies that await scholarly attention ... this book establishes a new scholarly approach with which to investigate the culture of Russia's late Imperial period.' Burlington Magazine