Liubov Sergeevna Popova painted this untitled work in 1917, the year of the Russian Revolution. She was active in avant garde art circles in Russia before the revolution. She was active in the transformation of art and art education in the years following the revolution.

To learn more about Popova and other Russian women artists, see M.N. Yablonskaya, Women Artists of Russia's New Age, 1900-1935 (New York: Rizzoli, 1990 ).