The Barber
To scale 31 x 25 in on the wall
Representative Hand-applied gesso embellishment
About the Artwork
Larionov painted The Barber in 1907, a period of intense creative ferment in Russian avant-garde circles. Having trained at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture under Valentin Serov, Larionov was by this point deliberately turning away from the influence of French Impressionism he had absorbed during earlier travels, seeking a pictorial language rooted in Russian vernacular culture. The barbershop subject, a scene of ordinary urban trade, was precisely the kind of prosaic, unglamorous motif he favored to challenge the hierarchies of academic subject matter. The work was exhibited with the Jack of Diamonds group, the Moscow exhibiting society Larionov co-founded with Natalia Goncharova and others, which became the crucible of Russian Neo-Primitivism and set the stage for his later invention of Rayonism. In situating a mundane barbershop encounter within a near-abstract field of raw color, Larionov was making an argument about where modern painting needed to go: away from refinement, toward directness, immediacy, and the vernacular energy of everyday Russian life.
Product Specifications
- Finished size
- 31 x 25 in
- Frame
- Gold, premium resin, mitred
- Canvas
- Heavyweight Fredrix poly/cotton
- Finish
- Hand-applied gesso embellishment
- Inks
- Archival HP Latex, 100-year colorfastness
- Stretcher
- Solid poplar, kiln dried
- Hanging
- Wire and dust cover fitted
- Item
- 1850421
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Care & Hanging
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Hanging: Every piece ships with hanging hardware.
Care: Dust lightly with a soft, dry cloth as needed. Avoid direct sunlight to preserve the colors. Avoid hanging in high-humidity environments (bathrooms with active showers). Our finish is durable but is not waterproof.
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