Russia's Self-Taught Artists
A New Perspective on the "Outsider"
Side Show: Henry Darger

Selected Works

Pavel Leonov
Zina on a Horse, 1997
Oil on canvas
44" × 37" (111.7 × 93.9 cm)

Pavel Leonov
In the North I, 1998
Oil on canvas
47 1/8" × 65 3/8" (119.7 × 166 cm)

Pavel Leonov
Pushkin Invited to a Concert in the Caucasus, 1998
Oil on canvas
40 1/2" x 66 1/4" (102.9 x 168.3 cm)

Pavel Leonov
Untitled (Pushkin, Man in Chair), 1998
Oil on canvas
45¾" × 65¼" (116.2 × 165.7 cm)

Pavel Leonov
A.S. Pushkin Invited to the Circus in Kavkaz, 1998
Oil on canvas
65" × 42¾" (165.1 × 108.5 cm)

Vasilij Romanenkov
Izba (Peasant Cottage), 2001
Pencil and colored ink on cream wove paper, mounted on composition board
27¾" × 20 5/8" (70.4 × 52.3 cm)

Vasilij Romanenkov
Bath, 2001
Pencil and colored ink on cream wove paper, mounted on composition board
16¼" × 20¼" (41.2 × 51.4 cm)

Nikifor Zaiatz
Appropriate and Inappropriate Behavior between the Sexes, circa 1970
Graphite on cream wove paper
8" × 11¼" (20.1 × 28.6 cm)

Nikifor Zaiatz
Two Designs for Inventions, circa 1970
Graphite and blue pencil on cream wove paper
8" × 11¼" (20.1 × 28.6 cm) each

Nikifor Zaiatz
Examples of Inappropriate Dress, circa 1970
Ink and watercolor on cream wove paper
11 1/8" × 8" (28.3 × 20.4 cm)

Rosa Zharkikh
Zodiac Signs
Embroidered cloth
16 1/8" × 12¾" (41 × 32.5 cm)

Rosa Zharkikh
Ritual Dance, 2000
Colored pencil on heavy white wove paper
8¼" × 5 7/8" (20.8 × 14.8 cm)

Henry Darger
They Are Captured and Placed in a Burning House
Watercolor and pencil on manila paper
19" × 24" (43.2 × 61 cm)
KNL 124A
Watercolor and pencil drawing (Lightning Over Water), verso
©Kiyoko Lerner

Henry Darger
Young Female Rebbonia
Watercolor and pencil on manila paper
18 1/8" × 23 1/8"
KNL 535-B
©Kiyoko Lerner