Ivan Klioune

Ivan Vasilievitch KLIUN (1873-1943) Suprematist Composition with Arch Moscou,1921 Huile sur toile, monogrammée en bas à gauche en cyrillique 82 x 62 cm - 32 x 24 1/2 in. Oil on canvas, monogrammed in Cyrillic lower left Provenance : Acheté directemement auprès de l'artiste par Monsieur K. Stramentov, (gendre de G Costakis) Collection particulière depuis 1972 Collection privée, France L'authenticité a été confirmée par Madame Svetlana A Kliunkova, Moscou

Ivan Kliun (1873-1943) Relief painted wood and paper collage assemblage mounted on panel 13½ x 8 x 1½ in. (34.1 x 20.2 x 3.4 cm.) Executed circa 1916-1917 Provenance Radack collection, by whom acquired in Germany in the1930s. Galerie Jean Chauvelin, Paris. The Sackner Archive, Florida, by whom acquired from the above in1982. Property from the Sackner Archive, Christie's, London, 8February 2005, lot 374. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner. Literature Exhibition catalogue, The Russian Avant-Garde and AmericanAbstract Artists, The Lowe Art Museum, Miami, March - April 1983,no. 11, illustrated p. 25. Exhibition catalogue, Culture of Materials: The Russian Avant-Gardeand Counter-Cubism, Stux Gallery, New York, May - June 1991, no. 2,illustrated. Exhibited Miami, The Lowe Art Museum, The Russian Avant-Garde and AmericanAbstract Artists, March - April 1983, no. 11. New York, Stux Gallery, Culture of Materials: The RussianAvant-Garde and Counter-Cubism, May - June 1991, no. 2. Lot Notes Ivan Vasilevich Kliun, a contemporary of Kazimir Malevich,worked on the boundaries of Suprematism and early Constructivism.Like Malevich, he was interested in the problem of colour in a flatart composition, as in a multi-dimensional work. The son of a carpenter, Kliun paid particular attention to the richtexture and shades of colour of different types of wood. Kliunshared the Tatlinian veneration for 'materials' by which foundobjects are considered to have an intrinsic meaning due to theirunique form and texture. Following this line of reasoning, theircreative assemblage emphasises each object's pure and raw strength,independently and as a whole. The refined simplicity of thisassemblage pays homage to Kliun's explorations into the renditionof space through the weaving of abstract planar surfaces. Theacademically-established genre of sculptural relief is revived witha radical Cubo-Futurist twist. Kliun experimented with an 'assortment of materials' in the spiritof Tatlin right up until 1916. Kliun, the Suprematist did notaccept the the transition from construction to the creation ofutilitarian objects and the appearance of Constructivism. For him,a painting was always a pure, artistic experiment, and never atechnical project.

Ivan Vasilievitch Kliun 1873 - 1943 Item Name Composition Technique Gouache and watercolor Measurements 21.7X14 cm Signed Signed with the initials. Value $4000 - 6000 More Details Accompanied by a letter from Ms. Nurit Barak from 22 November 2007, Tel Aviv, confirming that this item belonged to her parents' collection and was purchased in the 1970s.

Poster design 'Bereitstellung'. 1930. Watercolour over pencil on vellum. 23,7 x 23,5cm. Framed. Expertise: For this work an expertise of July 9, 2006 by Svetlana A. Kliunkova-Soloveichik, Moscow, is at hand. Provenance: Private collection, USA Privat collection, Israel. Literature: Svetlana Kliunkova-Soloveichik, Ivan Vasilievich Kliun, New York 1993, No.94, p.247.

Kliun, Ivan ('Ivan Vassilievitch Kliounkov') 1870/1873 Bolchie or Bolchye Gorki (Ukraine) - 1942 Moscow Poster design 'Bereitstellung'. 1930. Watercolour over pencil on vellum. 23,7 x 23,5cm. Framed. Expertise: For this work an expertise of July 9, 2006 by Svetlana A. Kliunkova-Soloveichik, Moscow, is at hand. Provenance: Private collection, USA Privat collection, Israel. Literature: Svetlana Kliunkova-Soloveichik, Ivan Vasilievich Kliun, New York 1993, No.94, p.247.