Sarah Warren is Assistant Professor of Art History at Purchase College, The State University of New York, USA.

'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

• Contents: Introduction; The face of the exotic in Imperial Russia; Crafting nation: avant-garde resistance to the imperial folk art revival; Abstraction and the icon; Excavating the icon Pompeii; Futurist performance and nationalism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Sarah Warren is Assistant Professor of Art History at Purchase College, The State University of New York, USA.

'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

• Contents: Introduction; The face of the exotic in Imperial Russia; Crafting nation: avant-garde resistance to the imperial folk art revival; Abstraction and the icon; Excavating the icon Pompeii; Futurist performance and nationalism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Sarah Warren is Assistant Professor of Art History at Purchase College, The State University of New York, USA.

'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

• Contents: Introduction; The face of the exotic in Imperial Russia; Crafting nation: avant-garde resistance to the imperial folk art revival; Abstraction and the icon; Excavating the icon Pompeii; Futurist performance and nationalism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.