FRESH FROM OUR WELL-ESTABLISHED AND EXHIBITED COLLECTION AND ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY BY JEAN CHAUVELIN*
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ARTIST: Ivan Kliun (1873-1943).
Ivan Kliun was originally born into a peasant family and served as a bookkeeper to finance his artistic studies. From 1902–1907, he attended classes at F. I. Rerberg’s studio in Moscow where he met I. I. Mashkov and Kasimir S. Malevich. This encounter changed the course of his artistic career for the next several decades. Malevich had a great influence on the further development of the artist and introduced him into the circle of the founders of the Russian avant-garde, exhibiting with Lyobov Popova, Nadezhda Udaltsova, David Burliuk, Vladimir Tatlin, Aleksandra Exter, etc. This set him firmly on the path of Cubo-Futurism, and later Suprematism. At the “0.10” exhibition in Petrograd in 1915, Kliun displayed his cubist and abstract sculpture for the first time, and in 1916 began to create Suprematist compositions. Kliun was a member of the “Supremus” Society in 1916–1917. After the Suprematist period, he experienced an enthusiasm for French Purism. The artist then turned to Realism. He died alone and in nearly complete isolation in 1943.
MEDIUM: Pencil.
SUBJECT: Cubo-Futurist / Suprematist Composition.
DATE: C.1921-1922.
SIZE: 14,2 x 17,2 cm
CONDITION: Good, crisp image. Very finely preserved.
FRAME: For illustration purposes only. Not included with work.
OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, WE’LL BE SELLING OFF A LARGE PORTION OF OUR PRIVATE COLLECTION TO RAISE FUNDS FOR A FAMILY PROJECT. THESE WILL INCLUDE QUALITY WORKS WITH GOOD PROVENANCE, CERTIFICATES OF AUTHENTICITY, AND IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CATALOGUE RAISONNÉS. ARTISTS INCLUDE MODERNIST MASTERS AND MANY PIONEERS OF THE RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE SUCH AS: NATALIA GONCHAROVA / GONTCHAROVA, MIKHAIL LARIONOV, EL LISSITZKY, IVAN KLIUN, SAMUEL ADLIVANKIN, YEFIM ROYAK, NINA KOGAN, KAZIMIR MALEVICH, LIUBOV POPOVA, ROBERT DELAUNAY, PIET MONDRIAN, FERNAND LEGER, GUSTAV KLUCIS, BELA KADAR, JAN VAN TOOROP, VILMOS HUSZAR, JOSEF CSAKY, LAJOS KASSAK, CARL BUCHHEISTER AND MANY OTHERS.
*SEE NAGEL, STUTTGART 26 APRIL, 2007, LOT 615 AT $16,000+, / LEMPERTZ, COLOGNE, 11 JUNE, 2005, LOT 860 AT $17,000 ETC. FOR KLIUNS SOLD AT MAJOR AUCTION WITH AUTHENTICATION BY THE WELL-REGARDED EXPERT ON RUSSIAN AVANT-GARDE, M. JEAN CHAUVELIN.