Natalia Goncharova. Saint George the Victorious from the Series "Mystical Images of War"

In 1914, at the outbreak of the First World War, Natalia Goncharova published the lithographic series "Mystical Images of War", large sheets on a patriotic theme. This sheet opens the album: lithograph No. 1, "Saint George the Victorious".

Saint George is shown in the traditional iconography, on a white horse, slaying the dragon with a spear. The sheet is signed with the initials "NG".

The album of 14 lithographs was published in Moscow in 1914 by V. N. Kashin. The yellow folder cover of heavy paper bears an avenging angel with a sword and the title "Natalia Goncharova. War"; it holds two sheets with the album title and the table of contents.