LARIONOV, MIKHAIL (1881-1964) Portrait of Natalia Goncharova, signed. Oil on canvas, 33.5 by 32.5 cm. Executed c. 1903–1905. Provenance: Collection of the artist and art historian Lev Zhegin (1892–1969), Moscow. Acquired from the above by George Costakis in 1961. A gift from George Costakis to his granddaughter in 1975 (inscription on the backing board). Important private collection, Europe. Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by Lev Zhegin (inscription on the reverse). Literature: A. Zander Rudenstine, Russian Avant-Garde Art. The George Costakis Collection, New York, Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1981, p. 238, No. 446, illustrated and listed as Female Portrait.