Russian avant-gardist of the first hour, he left Moscow at the invitation of Sergei Diaghliev for Paris, where he together with Natalia Goncharova left his mark on the visual appearance of the legendary Ballet Russes. His work as typical of its time is characterized by a great deal of experimentation - his pictogram-like image and text combinations are even more radical than those of his time as the founder of Rayonism. On over 300 pages and illustrated throughout, over 300 major works are shown, many of them from the collections of the Parisian Centre Pompidou and the Moscow Tretyakov Gallery.