Rayonist Composition: Domination of Red

Mikhail Larionov · 1912-13 (dated on painting 1911)

Before you is Rayonist Composition: Domination of Red, painted by Larionov around nineteen twelve. His manifesto for Rayonism argued that painting should depict the intersection of reflected rays — an attempt to build abstraction on optics rather than on feeling.

Medium Oil on canvas · Dimensions 20 3/4 x 28 1/2" (52.7 x 72.4 cm) · Credit Gift of the artist

Hanging beside it in Gallery 503: Tableau no. 2 / Composition no. V, Speeding Automobile