Attr. Ivan Kliun (1873-1942) Title: Untitled (Abstract Composition), Medium: Gouache and pencil on paper, Size: 14" H x 11.25" W (inches), Date: ca. 1940. This lot is accompanied by a COA and is not a reproduction, it is a unique piece. We recommend that the buyer do their research before bidding on the lot. The sale of this lot is final. Was a Russian painter, Avant-garde artist (Suprematist, Constructivist), graphic artist and sculptor. He was born in 1873 in Bolshie Gorki village (near Moscow) and studied at the Art School in Penza. In 1889-1990 he studied at the school of the Society of the Encouragement of the Arts in Warsaw. From 1990-1905 he studied art at the studios of F.Rerberg, Il.Mashkov and V.Fisher in Moscow. From 1907 to 1914 he studied at the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg. From 1910 to 1914 he has participated in exhibitions of the group of artists Soyuz Molodyozhi (Union of Youth) together with David Burliuk, Wladimir Burliuk, Kazimir Malevich, Pavel Filonov, Vladimir Tatlin, Yuri Annenkov and others. In 1915 Kliun participated in exhibitions of the group Tramway V. In the same year he joined the group of artists Supremus that was led by Malevich. In 1916 he together with artists-suprematists Kazimir Malevich, Aleksandra Ekster, Nina Genke, Liubov Popova, Nadezhda Udaltsova and others worked at Verbovka Village Folk Centre. From 1917 to 1921 Kliun was Head of the Central Exhibition Bureau of the Fine Arts Department of Narkompros. From 1918 to 1921 he taught at the VKhUTEMAS in Moscow. Ivan Kliun died in 1942 or 1943, Moscow.

Good condition.