Probably, Tokyo, Shiseido Gallery, Stage Set Design: Goncharova and Larionov, 1923This stage design for Kikimora was likely acquired directly from Larionov by the Japanese artist Kawashima Riichiro (1886-1971), who divided his time between Paris and Japan and was a permanent member of the well-known Salon d'Automne. Kawashima was closely acquainted with artists in the Russian avant-garde movement, particularly Mikhail Larionov and Natalia Goncharova, with whom he became good friends after a 1922 exhibition at the 'Galarie Vildrac' in Paris. Upon returning to Japan in 1923, Kawashima organized the exhibition Stage Set Design: Goncharova and Larionov in the Shiseido Gallery in Tokyo; it is likely that this stage design for 'Kikimora' was among the works exhibited there. Kawashima was the uncle of the present owner of Larionov's stage design for Kikimora, and her sister, who came into ownership of the work by direct descent within the family