Ivan Kliun Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Ivan Kliun Art Value Price Guide

Feb. 10, 2025
IVAN KLIUN (1873-1943), ABSTRACT
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Gouache on paper Signed (lower left) Dimensions: 38.8X28 cm Provenance: Private collection, Israel Condition: For a detailed condition report, please contact us at info@hammersite.com
Hammersite
Dec. 10, 2024
Ivan Kliun, 1873-1942/43 (Russia)
Est: £4,000 - £8,000
Ivan Kliun (1873-1942/43). Watercolour and pencil on paper, size 16,5 x 11,5 cm (6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches). Frame dimensions 26 x 20 cm (10 1/4 x 8 inches). Signed in Cyrillic lower right. Provenance: Sotheby’s 19 May 2005, hammer price €10167
Cultural Traditions
Dec. 06, 2024
IVAN KLIUN (Russian Federation, 1873-1942/43), Geometric abstract., Oil on panel, 10" x 4". Unframed.
Est: $700 - $900
IVAN KLIUN Russian Federation, 1873-1942/43 Geometric abstract. Signed lower right.
Eldred's
Oct. 31, 2024
Ivan Kliun, Untitled (Suprematist composition with four rectangular shapes)
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Ivan Kliun Untitled (Suprematist composition with four rectangular shapes) 1924 watercolor and pencil on paper 9.375 h x 5.75 w in (24 x 15 cm) Provenance: Butterfields, San Francisco, 21 April 1994, Lot 1086 | Private Collection This work will ship from Chicago, Illinois.
Wright
Sep. 14, 2024
RUSSIAN AVANT GARDE MANNER OF KLIUN OIL PAINTING
Est: $100 - $150
A Russian avant garde oil painting on canvas depicting a Suprematist portrait of a person smoking a cigarette in the style of Ivan Kliun, Russian, 1873 to 1943. Unsigned. Circa the early 20th century. Avant Garde Paintings And Art Collectibles.
Antique Arena Inc
Aug. 28, 2024
Ivan Vasilievitch Kliun (Russian, 1873 - 1943), Circular Abstract, signed and dated 1929 in ink, gouache on paper, 25.5 x 17.5 cm; another by the same artist, similarly signed (no date), 18 x 26 cm, both mounted and unframed; and a gouache on...
Est: £800 - £1,200
Ivan Vasilievitch Kliun (Russian, 1873 - 1943), Circular Abstract, signed and dated 1929 in ink, gouache on paper, 25.5 x 17.5 cm; another by the same artist, similarly signed (no date), 18 x 26 cm, both mounted and unframed; and a gouache on board of three sailing ships, 14.5 x 26.5 cm, unframed
Dawsons Auctioneers
Jun. 22, 2024
KLIUN IVAN V. (1873 - 1963) gouache met een suprem…
Est: €1,000 - €3,000
KLIUN IVAN V. (1873 - 1963) gouache met een suprematische compositie - 28 x 35,5 getekend en met op verso een label met schrijven van zijn dochter ivm de provenance Ivan V. kliun signed supremacist gouache with on the back a label with writing by his daughter about the provenance
DVC
Jun. 15, 2024
RUSSIAN AVANT GARDE OIL PAINTING BY IVAN KLYUN
Est: $100 - $150
An oil on board painting depicting an abstract composition by Ivan Kliun or Klyun, 1873-1943, a Russian Avant-Garde painter associated with the Suprematist movement. Signed in Cyrillic on the lower right. Housed in an old wooden frame. Antique Russian Abstract Graphic Art For Collectors.
Antique Arena Inc
Mar. 16, 2024
ATTR TO IVAN KLIUN RUSSIAN AVANT GARDE PAINTING
Est: $100 - $150
Attributed to Ivan Kliun, Russian, Soviet era, 1873 to 1942 43, mixed media painting on paper depicting a Suprematist abstract composition, 1928. Signed with a monogram and dated, lower left. Ivan Vasilievich Kliun, or Klyun, born Klyunkov was a Russian Avant Garde painter, sculptor and art theorist, associated with the Suprematist movement. One of the faithful followers of Kazimir Malevich. One of a kind artwork.
Antique Arena Inc
Mar. 13, 2024
IVAN KLIUN (1870-1942) Four constrictivist compositions: (c.1916/22)
Est: £5,000 - £7,000
IVAN KLIUN (1870-1942) Four constrictivist compositions: -Composition watercolour and pencil on paper, 5.5 x 5.5cm -Composition 4.5 x 5.5cm - Composition watercolour and pencil on paper 5.5 x 5.5 cm - Composition watercolour and pencil on paper 5.5 x 5.2 cm c.1916/22 ~For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Jan. 27, 2024
Ivan Kliun (Russian Federation 1873 - 1942), Geometric Composition, Oil on paper, Signed lower right, 10" x 8"
Est: $800 - $1,200
Ivan Kliun (Russian Federation 1873 - 1942) Geometric Composition Oil on paper Signed lower right 10" x 8"
Nadeau's Auction Gallery
Nov. 26, 2023
IVAN VASILIEVITCH KLIUN (1873-1943), THE BULL
Est: $80,000 - $120,000
Oil on canvas Signed (lower left). 112 x 86 cm Provenance: The Eliezer Perel (1908-1994) collection. Mordechai Perel by descent. Purchased by Albert and Olivia Amar in 1989. Notes: Accompanied a full laboratory report by Laurette Thomas and Helene Mourier, 2020. All available upon request. Condition: For a detailed condition report, please contact us at info@hammersite.com
Hammersite
May. 16, 2023
Ivan Vasilievich Kliun (1873-1943) Architectural Oil on Panel Painting
Est: $200 - $2,000
DESCRIPTION: Ivan Vasilievich Kliun (1873-1943), Architectural oil on panel painting depicting geometric forms in yellow, black, red, and blue, signed and dated lower right. CIRCA: Early to Mid 20th Century ORIGIN: Russia DIMENSIONS: (Image) H: 19.5" x L: 9" (Framed) H: 20.5" x L: 10" Have a similar item to sell? Reach Out: https://www.akibagalleries.com/consign CONDITION: Mild wear to paint and slight bend to panel. See lot description for details on item condition. More detailed condition requests can be obtained via email (info@akibaantiques.com) or SMS (305)-332-9274. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Akiba Antiques shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
Akiba Galleries
Feb. 25, 2023
IVAN KLIUN (Russian 1873-1943) A DRAWING, "Suprematist Composition," CIRCA 1917
Est: $600 - $800
IVAN KLIUN (Russian 1873-1943) A DRAWING, "Suprematist Composition," CIRCA 1917, graphite on paper; 8 1/4" x 5 1/2", framed 25 1/4" x 21 1/4".
Simpson Galleries, LLC
Dec. 10, 2022
Ivan Vasilievitch KLIUN (1873-1943), Attribué à Composition géométrique
Est: €700 - €900
Ivan Vasilievitch KLIUN (1873-1943), Attribué à Composition géométrique Technique mixte sur carton, signée en en bas à droite du monogramme 50 x 28 cm
Louiza Auktion & Associés
Dec. 03, 2022
Ivan Kliun, Untitled (Composition with a Small Violet Oval/Composition with a Small Blue Oval), Circa 1917/1918
Est: €10,000 - €15,000
One signed 'I. Kliun' in Cyrillic upper left.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Nov. 28, 2022
Ivan Vasilievich Kliun (1873-1943), Architectural Composition
Est: $5,000 - $10,000
Ivan Vasilievich Kliun (1873-1943), Architectural Composition Gouache and pencil on thick paper 45 x 33 cm Signed (lower left). Provenance: The Eliezer Perel (1908-1994) collection. Mordechai Perel by descent. Purchased by Albert and Olivia Amar in 1989. Condition: For a detailed condition report, please contact us at info@hammersite.com
Hammersite
Oct. 16, 2022
KLIUN IVAN VASILIEVITCH (1873 - 1943) olieverfschi...
Est: €1,000 - €2,000
KLIUN IVAN VASILIEVITCH (1873 - 1943) olieverfschilderij op karton met een suprematitische compositie - 24 x 17 getekend en gedateerd 1921 / toegeschreven aan early 20th Cent. Russian oil on board - signed Ivan Vasilievitch Kliun and dated 1921 / attributed to
DVC
Aug. 27, 2022
Ivan Vasilievich Kliun. Geometric Abstract, graphite
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
(Russian, 1873-1943). Graphite on paper, signed in Cyrillic ll, sheet size: 15 x 10 1/2 in., framed.
Alex Cooper
Jun. 18, 2022
RUSSIAN SOVIET MIXED MEDIA PAINTING BY IVAN KLIUN
Est: $100 - $150
Ivan Kliun, Russian Soviet, 1873 to 1943, mixed media, charcoal and pastel, painting on paper, depicting a group portrait of villagers. Signed lower right. Framed. Ivan Vasilyevich Kliun was a Russian Soviet artist and art theorist, master of the Russian avant garde of the first half of the 20th century. Companion and follower of Kazimir Malevich, author of a theoretical essay on Suprematism, The Art of Color. Kliun began his career as an artist with landscapes and still lifes, executed in an impressionistic manner, and ended with still lifes and landscapes, meticulously verified, realistic. One of a kind artwork.
Antique Arena Inc
Jun. 02, 2022
Kliun, Ivan Vasilievitch: Der Erbsenstrauch
Est: €1,800 - €2,400
Der Erbsenstrauch. -- Aquarell auf Papier. 42,7 x 30,6 cm. Um 1938. Vgl u.a. Kliunkova-Soloveichik S. 303, Abbildung auf Seite 112 des Katalogs. -- -- Ivan Kliun wurde 1873 als Sohn eines Schreiners geboren und siedelte mit seiner Familie in den 1880er Jahren nach Kiev über. Ab 1896 besuchte er die Zeichenschule der Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Künste in Warschau, bevor er 1898 nach Moskau übersiedelte und dort in den Ateiliers von Fedor Rerberg und Ilya Mashkov arbeitete. Im Jahre 1907 lernte er Kasimir Malevich kennen mit dem ihn eine lebenslange Freundschaft verband und machte durch diesen auch Bekanntschaft mit dem Kreis der russischen Avantgardisten. Stilistische wendete er sich in dieser Zeit vom Realismus und Impressionismus mehr und mehr dem Cubo-Futurismus und später dem Suprematismus zu. Über die Jahre gehörte er verschiedenen Künstlergruppen an und unterzeichnete auch Malevichs spurematistisches Manifest. Er bekleidete verschiedene Posten und Lehrstühle in der jungen Sovietunion, war aber zu Beginn der 1930er Jahre imm stärkeren Repressionen ausgesetzt, zunehmend isoliert und sein Werk wurde als "Formalismus" politisch diskreditiert. Seinen Lebensunterhalt verdiente Kliun in dieser Zeit mit der Illustration von Büchern und wandte sich wieder einem realistisch geprägten Zeichenstil zu. -- -- - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. -- - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.
Bassenge Auctions
Apr. 08, 2022
Ivan Kliun (Russian, 1873-1942)
Est: €6,000 - €9,000
Ivan Kliun (Russian, 1873-1942) BOLSHIE GORKI dated 1929 and inscribed in Cyrillic Village B.Gorki, the second village l.l.; “Деревня Б. Горки (вторая деревня)”, further inscribed indistinctly on the reverse watercolor on paper, 26 x 32 cm. Provenance George Costakis Collection, Athens, Greece. Acquired from the artist’s widow by George Costakis. Notes There is an unfinished watercolour sketch of houses in Bolshie Gorki on the reverse.
Loudos Auctions
Oct. 03, 2021
KLIUN IVAN VASILIEVITCH (1873 - 1943) werk in gemengde techniek (gouache en
Est: €1,000 - €3,000
KLIUN IVAN VASILIEVITCH (1873 - 1943) werk in gemengde techniek (gouache en collage) : "Supprematistische compositie" - 34 x 26,5 getekend vroegere collectie van Claudia en Kostadin Deltcheff met certificaat van Daniel Hersch dd 2007 Ivan V. Kliun mixed media (gouache and collage) - signed with certificate by Daniel Hirsch dd 2007
DVC
Jul. 17, 2021
A RUSSIAN WATERCOLOR PAINTING BY IVAN KLIUN
Est: $100 - $150
Ivan Vasilievich Kliun (Russian, 1873-1942/43) watercolor painting on paper depicting an abstract composition. Signed lower right. Framed. Kliun is a Russian artist and art theorist, a master of the Russian avant-garde of the first half of the 20th century.
Antique Arena Inc
Jul. 06, 2021
Vasilievich Kliun, Ivan (Attrib.) - Composition abstraite
Est: $600 - $1,000
Vasilievich Kliun, Ivan (Attrib.) (1873-1943) Composition abstraite Description (FR): Gouache sur papier, initialée en cyrillique en bas à droite Description (EN): Watercolour on paper, initials in cyrillic on lower right Dimension (PO): 10 1/2" x 9 1/2" Dimension (CM): 26.7 x 24.2 cm Rapport de condition: Sur demande, nous nous ferons un plaisir de répondre à vos questions de manière détaillée. Condition report: Upon request, We will gladly answer all your inquiries in a detailed manner.
Champagne Auctions
Jun. 19, 2021
Ivan Vasilievitch KLIUN (1873-1943), Attrib.à Composition suprématiste
Est: €500 - €800
Ivan Vasilievitch KLIUN (1873-1943), Attrib.à Composition suprématiste Technique mixte sur papier, porte une signature en cyrillique en bas à droite 43 x 30,5 cm
Louiza Auktion & Associés
Apr. 04, 2021
Ivan KLIUN (Russian, 1870 - 1942)
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
Composition also painted on the reverse Oil on hardboard 39.3 x 31.8 x 3.4 in. - 70.8 x 83.5 x 5.7 cm.
Fine Art Auctions Miami
Mar. 05, 2021
Ivan Kliun (Russian, 1873-1942)
Est: €10,000 - €15,000
Ivan Kliun (Russian, 1873-1942) BOLSHIE GORKI dated 1929 and inscribed in Cyrillic Village B.Gorki, the second village l.l.; “Деревня Б. Горки (вторая деревня)”, further inscribed indistinctly on the reverse watercolor on paper, 26 x 32 cm. Provenance George Costakis Collection, Athens, Greece. Acquired from the artist’s widow by George Costakis. Notes There is an unfinished watercolour sketch of houses in Bolshie Gorki on the reverse. Lot location: Loudos Auctions Athens.
Loudos Auctions
Jan. 28, 2021
IVAN VASILIEVICH KLIUN, Russian (1873-1943), Untitled, gouache on paper, signed lower right in Cyrillic, 11 x 8 1/4 inches (sheet)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
IVAN VASILIEVICH KLIUN Russian (1873-1943) Untitled gouache on paper, signed lower right in Cyrillic 11 x 8 1/4 inches (sheet) Provenance: Tretiakoff Gallery, Moscow, Russia; Private Collection, Poland; Private Collection, Massachusetts. Other Notes: Framed dimensions - 29 3/4 x 24 1/2 x 1 inches tags: works on paper, Russia, Russian, Cubist, Suprematist, geometric abstract, modern / contemporary
Shannon's
Dec. 10, 2020
IVAN VASILIJEVIČ KLIUN 1873 - 1943 - COMPOSITION WITH TRANSPARENT RED, BROWN AND BLUE
Est: -
The work Composition with transparent red, brown and blue is one of the essential expressions of a new direction of suprematism, whose father became Kazimir Malevich. Reality abstracted only into basic forms and completely devoid of descriptive criteria became a new avant-garde movement, which was joined by one of its iconic representatives, Ivan Vasilyevich Kliun, who later also devoted himself to cubofuturism. In his Composition, Kliun creates an iriacional two-dimensional space where he freely projects geometric shapes in basic colors and subcets them to the basic laws of optics. Kliun completely rejects the forms of utilitarian art and creates art that is based only on art itself. Suprematist painting becomes a visual form of Chlebnik's Zaum language, which inspired the movement and expressed its direction towards the transcendence. He made the art in question, inspired by concrete, completely abstract art, encouraging individuals to contemplate the world that is immaterial. Published by: Svetlana Kliunkova - Soloveichik: Ivan Vasilievich Kliun, 1994. p.183. Technique: Oil on canvas, Signed: Lower right in cyrillic alphabet "I Kliun"
Arthouse Hejtmánek
Jun. 07, 2020
KLIUN IVAN VASILIEVITCH (1873 - 1943) olieverfschi…
Est: €1,000 - €5,000
KLIUN IVAN VASILIEVITCH (1873 - 1943) olieverfschilderij op paneel met een suprematistische compositie - 41 x 29 getekend / toegeschreven aan 20th Cent. suprematistic oil on panel - signed/attributed to Ivan V. Kliun
DVC
May. 03, 2020
Ivan KLIUN (Russian, 1870 - 1942) Composition Oil on hardboard 39.3 x 31.8 x 3.4 in. - 70.8 x 83.5 x 5.7 cm.
Est: $200 - $300
Composition Oil on hardboard 39.3 x 31.8 x 3.4 in. - 70.8 x 83.5 x 5.7 cm.
Fine Art Auctions Miami
Apr. 17, 2020
Ivan KLIUN (Russian, 1870 - 1942) Composition Oil on hardboard 39.3 x 31.8 x 3.4 in. - 70.8 x 83.5 x 5.7 cm.
Est: $200 - $300
Composition Oil on hardboard 39.3 x 31.8 x 3.4 in. - 70.8 x 83.5 x 5.7 cm.
Fine Art Auctions Miami
Dec. 23, 2019
IVAN KLIUN (1873-1943) DRAWING ON PAPER
Est: $500 - $800
Attributed to KLIUN, IVAN (1873-1943) drawing on paper. The piece was certified by the known expert in avant garde which he wrote a letter that is included.
Elite Auctioneers, LLC
Dec. 18, 2019
IVAN VASILIEVITCH KLIUN (1873-1943) - COMPOSITION CONSTRUCTIVISTE, 1921
Est: €8,000 - €12,000
IVAN VASILIEVITCH KLIUN (1873-1943) COMPOSITION CONSTRUCTIVISTE, 1921 Gouache et graphite sur papier marouflé sur emboîtage de bois peint (créé par l’artiste) Daté en haut à gauche Monogrammé en bas à droite 51 x 29,5 x 9 cm - 20 x 11.4 x 3.5 in. Monogrammed lower right, dated upper left Watercolour and graphite on paper mounted on painted wood packaging (created by the artist)
Cornette de Saint-Cyr
Dec. 07, 2019
Ivan Kliun (1873-1943) : Composition with Circle
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
Gouache on paper, 1921, signed 'I. Kliun' and dated upper left, with label from Annely Juda Fine Art, London.10 3/4 x 8 1/2 in. (sheet), 22 x 19 1/4 in. (frame).Exhibited: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, A Private Eye: Dada, Surrealism and More from the Brandt Collection, October 21-December 24, 2006. Dorothy Carus, NY; Sold Sotheby's , London, April 2, 1987, Lot 635. Property from the Collection of Arthur Brandt
STAIR
Nov. 27, 2019
KLIUN, IVAN (1873-1943) Summer Landscape
Est: £10,000 - £20,000
KLIUN, IVAN (1873–1943) Summer Landscape signed with initials and datsigned with initials and dated 1936, also further signed, titled in Cyrillic and dated 1931–1936 on the reverse. Gouache on paper, 28 by 36 cm. Provenance: Collection of S. Kliunkova-Soloveichik. Private collection, USA. Private collection, Europe. The work bears a stamp with authentication from S. Kliunkova-Soloveichik, the artist’s granddaughter, on the reverse. Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert O. Glebova. Literature: S. Kliunkova-Soloveichik, Ivan Vasilievich Kliun, New York, IVK Art, 1993, p. 334, illustrated and listed. Kliun’s realistic landscapes in the 1930s turn out to be a kind of continuation of the countryside studies of his old haunts that he made in his younger days, and then throughout his life, in the Moscow area, in Vladimir Region and in his home village of Bolshie Gorki. Kliun talked a lot about his transition to Realist art — both in day-to-day jottings and his memoirs. He attached tremendous importance to that fact, regarding it as a vital stage in his artistic evolution and its logical conclusion. It is most remarkable that not only Kliun’s avant-garde period but this period too is reflected in the small collection of his works presented at the auction.
MacDougall's
Nov. 27, 2019
KLIUN, IVAN (1873-1943) Kazimir Malevich Reaping Buckweat
Est: £10,000 - £20,000
KLIUN, IVAN (1873–1943) Kazimir Malevich Reaping Buckweat signed with initials, further inscribed in Cyrillic "K. Malevich na kosbe" on the reverse. Pencil and watercolour on paper, 22 by 28 cm. Provenance: Collection of S. Kliunkova-Soloveichik. Private collection, USA. Private collection, Europe. The work bears a stamp with authentication from S. Kliunkova-Soloveichik, the artist’s granddaughter, on the reverse. Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert O. Glebova. Literature: S. Kliunkova-Soloveichik, Ivan Vasilievich Kliun, New York, IVK Art, 1993, p. 305, illustrated and listed. The strong friendship which existed between Ivan Kliun and Kazimir Malevich was of deep and abiding importance for both. As pioneering compatriots of a totally innovative painterly language, they exerted a profound influence on each other’s artistic development throughout their decades of close affinity, exchanging a multitude of letters and acting as models for each other. Their initial friendship was forged when both were studying in the studio of the celebrated painter Fedor Rerberg in Moscow between 1903 and 1906, when each artist was at a similar stage of personal and professional development. Kliun began acting as a model for Malevich during this time, as John Milner notes: “Malevich often used as a model his close friend the painter Ivan Klyun [sic] , whom he portrayed as a confident and independent country workman or villager. Klyun [sic] appears in a whole series of paintings, some including rural women giving the Old Believer’s sign of the cross, strongly suggesting that Malevich saw him as an Old Believer” (Exhibition catalogue, Malevich, London, 2014, p. 36). In turn, Kliun produced an intriguing depiction of his friend as a field worker, reaping buckwheat along with two women.
MacDougall's
Nov. 27, 2019
KLIUN, IVAN (1873-1943) Gathering Buckwheat
Est: £10,000 - £20,000
KLIUN, IVAN (1873–1943) Gathering Buckwheat signed with initials, inscribed in Cyrillic “Mezhdu Bolshimi i Malymi Gorkami”, titled and dated 1934 on the reverse. Pencil and watercolour on paper, 24.5 by 32 cm. Provenance: Collection of S. Kliunkova-Soloveichik. Private collection, USA. Private collection, Europe. The work bears a stamp with authentication from S. Kliunkova-Soloveichik, the artist’s granddaughter, on the reverse. Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert O. Glebova. Literature: S. Kliunkova-Soloveichik, Ivan Vasilievich Kliun, New York, IVK Art, 1993, p. 322, illustrated and listed. Works of the 1930s, included in the collection, reflect the return to figurative art and realism, typical for nearly all of the Russian avant-garde artists who were still alive in the late 1920s. These works also reveal Kliun’s interest in rural landscapes and genres. Particularly noteworthy here are the Gathering Buckwheat sketches from nature, one of which bears the inscription “K. Malevich reaping” on the back. Interestingly enough, these compositions were produced alongside Malevich’s “second peasant series”. While in Malevich’s post-Suprematist work, Kliun’s face is entirely transformed from the image of a “builder” into a de-individualised depiction of a “peasant’s head” and a “reaper”, exhibiting merely the basic features, Kliun, conversely, creates a completely realistic portrait drawing of Malevich the reaper with the very same attribute – a scythe – in his hand. Alongside similar “collective-farm scenes”, Kliun also makes several Cubist-style sketches of the figures of reapers, reverting once more to the problem of the architectonic structure of the human figure. But these drawings, now in the Costakis collection, only briefly hark back to his old interests.
MacDougall's
Nov. 27, 2019
KLIUN, IVAN (1873-1943) Composition with Lines
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
KLIUN, IVAN (1873–1943) Composition with Lines Pencil on paper, 17.5 by 11 cm. Executed c. 1920. Provenance: Collection of S. Kliunkova-Soloveichik. Private collection, USA. Private collection, Europe. The work bears a stamp with authentication from S. Kliunkova-Soloveichik, the artist’s granddaughter, on the reverse. Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert O. Glebova. Literature: S. Kliunkova-Soloveichik, Ivan Vasilievich Kliun, New York, IVK Art, 1993, p. 193, illustrated and listed. Following The Flautist in terms of creation time in the offered collection is Composition with Lines (с. 1920), belonging to the series of Suprematist compositions. The first Suprematist compositions were made by Kliun in 1916 and were probably very similar to Malevich’s early Suprematist paintings. Both artists consistently followed the Suprematist principles that they formulated in their theoretical works, and during those years they worked along the same lines. Towards the end of the 1910s, however, Kliun had almost completely focused on developing all manner of variations on the relationship between abstract shape and colour. Following the idea of Suprematism, he created many graphic versions of constructs in one, two, three or many colours, in which he sought to achieve a balance of colour and form by using various combinations of geometrical shapes in space. Composition with Lines, like most of Kliun’s famous well-known Suprematist works, is known to exist in several versions. Apart from the pencil sketch presented in the catalogue, a smaller watercolour from the Costakis collection is also known, as well as a painted composition made from it considerably later, in 1932, now housed in the State Tretyakov Gallery.
MacDougall's
Nov. 27, 2019
KLIUN, IVAN (1873-1943) The Flautist
Est: £25,000 - £50,000
KLIUN, IVAN (1873–1943) The Flautist signed with initials. Pencil, ink and watercolour on paper, 21 by 15 cm. Executed c. 1913. Provenance: Collection of S. Kliunkova-Soloveichik. Private collection, USA. Private collection, Europe. The work bears a stamp with authentication from S. Kliunkova-Soloveichik, the artist’s granddaughter, on the reverse. Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert O. Glebova. Literature: S. Kliunkova-Soloveichik, Ivan Vasilievich Kliun, New York, IVK Art, 1993, p. 81, illustrated and listed. Related literature: For sculpture Musician, see I.V. Kliun, Moi put v iskusstve, Moscow, RA, 1999, p. 29, illustrated. Another telling piece of evidence of Kliun’s creative quest is The Flautist (c. 1913), the sketch for the Cubist sculpture The Musician, which he fashioned in 1916 (now in the State Tretyakov Gallery). The period of the artist’s fascination with such spatial compositions made from various materials — painted wood and tin, celluloid and glass — coincided with the mid- 1910s, when his interest in the “architectonic and mechanical strength of a structure established analytically” gained the upper hand for a while over his painting experiments. In his memoirs, Kliun mentions Cubist Woman at Her Dressing Table, Fleeting Landscape and The Flautist Musician, with which a whole stack of preparatory sketches is associated, as being among the best Cubist sculptures of the 1910s. Nearly all of them reproduce a design that is already fully developed without any substantial changes and with the same frontal perspective. It is a human figure consisting of solid bodies of different shapes and colours, made of wood and held together by a dark rectangular board with a ball in the middle. The only feature that distinguishes the composition of the sketch to be auctioned is the pedestal on which the musician stands and which is absent from the other known drawings. Since a low square base, similar to the one depicted, was actually produced by Kliun for the three-dimensional sculpture, it is fair to assume that the sketch is the definitive one in the series and records the final stage of the artist’s work on The Musician.
MacDougall's
Nov. 27, 2019
KLIUN, IVAN (1873-1943) Portrait of Kazimir Malevich
Est: £25,000 - £50,000
KLIUN, IVAN (1873–1943) Portrait of Kazimir Malevich inscribed in Cyrillic “K. Malevich” on the reverse. Pencil on paper, 7.5 by 6 cm. Executed c. 1914. Provenance: Collection of S. Kliunkova-Soloveichik. Private collection, USA. Private collection, Europe. The work bears a stamp with authentication from S. Kliunkova-Soloveichik, the artist’s granddaughter, on the reverse. Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert O. Glebova. Literature: S. Kliunkova-Soloveichik, Ivan Vasilievich Kliun, New York, IVK Art, 1993, p. 91, illustrated and listed. Chronologically, the selection opens with the work Portrait of Kazimir Malevich (c. 1914), which is a preparatory drawing for one of Kliun’s most famous Cubist paintings, The Sawyer. This composition is known today in at least three painted versions: produced in 1913 (Krasnodar Regional Art Museum), 1914 (Astrakhan State Art Gallery) and 1915–1922 (State Tretyakov Gallery), every one of which the artist carefully worked out in numerous preparatory pencil and watercolour studies and rough sketches. In fact, the saw motif becomes extremely important in 1913 both for Kliun and his closest friend and associate of those years, Kazimir Malevich, who worked along with him. The saw appears at that time in Malevich’s “illogical compositions”, but, most importantly, it comes to be a recognisable detail in his portrait of Kliun, clearly acting as a semantic symbol for both artists. The portrait, which Malevich called the Perfected Portrait of a Builder, was executed in 1913 and shown at the same Union of Youth exhibition where the first version of The Sawyer was displayed. Most certainly, that above work inspired Kliun to create the offered portrait of his friend as a sawyer. There is some cross-talk between the offered work and Kliun’s portrait, constructed by Malevich. If we compare the present drawing with the other preparatory sketches for The Sawyer in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, it becomes evident that they share the similarly geometrical rendering of the beard, as well as the deliberate use of a saw and details of wooden architecture — typical attributes of Malevich’s representational picture. These same features are manifest not only in the 1914, painted version of The Sawyer, but also Kliun’s famous Cubo-Futurist self-portrait (1915–1922), known as Self-portrait with a Saw. The history of the creation and gradual evolution of this image is not just evidence of the friendship and shared artistic pursuits of Kliun and Malevich, the two close associates and kindred spirits, but also a splendid example of the transformation of Kliun’s own Cubo-Futurism, of which the present drawing is a fair representation.
MacDougall's
Nov. 27, 2019
KLIUN, IVAN (1873-1943) Poster for the Film “Battle of the Giants”
Est: £60,000 - £90,000
KLIUN, IVAN (1873–1943) Poster for the Film “Battle of the Giants” Pencil, watercolour, gouache, ink and collage with paper on paper, 37 by 26.5 cm. Executed in the 1920s. Provenance: Collection of S. Kliunkova-Soloveichik. Private collection, USA. Private collection, Europe. The work bears a stamp with authentication from S. Kliunkova-Soloveichik, the artist’s granddaughter, on the reverse. Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert O. Glebova. Literature: S. Kliunkova-Soloveichik, Ivan Vasilievich Kliun, New York, IVK Art, 1993, p. 251, illustrated and listed. The poster design by Kliun that is presented for auction is a truly unique example of film poster aesthetics during the avant-garde period. Unlike many works by Alexander Rodchenko and the Stenberg brothers, this design is just about the only surviving example of Kliun’s work for the film industry. After the revolution, Kliun, like most of his associates, became actively involved in experiments with industrial, urban and print design. He made sketches for the Moscow decorations marking the first anniversary of the October Revolution, and worked on book illustrations and film posters. Yet the artist’s interest in new media and, in particular, the cinema was by no means a random one, nor was it connected only with boosting his income. Kliun’s archive has preserved several of his articles on the cinema and the artist’s role in film production, as well as evidence of his attempts to broaden the traditional forms of artistic expression by deploying cinema and photographic techniques. Today it is difficult to judge the film for which the study of the poster Battle of the Giants was intended. A pencil inscription on the sketch reveals that the film’s cameraman was Alexei Gan, a close associate of Malevich and Kliun, and Yakov Protazanov was the director. One can only assume that the film is one of the lost examples of the avant-garde experimental cinema of the 1920s. After all, if an advertising poster has been produced for a film, the general assumption is that work on it has actually been carried out and that its release has been planned. In our case, however, another scenario is equally possible. Gan was involved in active theoretical work during the first half of the 1920s, publishing the Kino-Fot magazine and organising a large number of projects, exhibitions and conferences as well. He is known to have embarked on many different tasks at the same time and certainly did not complete some of them. The same fate may well have over- taken the film he was contemplating. A film with the same name, Battle of the Giants, really did exist and is known in Soviet cinema history, but it was actually made by a completely different team — by the director Viktor Turin and the cameraman Louis Forestier — and was released in 1926.
MacDougall's
Nov. 18, 2019
KLIUN IVAN VASILIEVITCH (1873 - 1934) werk in gemengde techniek (met collage en aquarel) met een con
Est: €1,000 - €2,000
KLIUN IVAN VASILIEVITCH (1873 - 1934) werk in gemengde techniek (met collage en aquarel) met een constructivistische compositie - 33,5 x 26 getekend met certificaat van Daniel Hersch >br>early 20th Cent. Russian constructivist "Ivan V. Kliun" mixed media (with collage and aquarelle) - signed and with certificate>br>KLIUN IVAN VASILIEVITCH (1873 - 1934) werk in gemengde techniek (met collage en aquarel) met een constructivistische compositie - 33,5 x 26 getekend met certificaat van Daniel Hersch ||early 20th Cent. Russian constructivist "Ivan V. Kliun" mixed media (with collage and aquarelle) - signed and with certificate
DVC
Nov. 05, 2019
Ivan KLIUN (Russian, 1870 - 1942) Composition Oil on hardboard 39.3 x 31.8 x 3.4 in. - 70.8 x 83.5 x 5.7 cm.
Est: $200 - $300
Composition Oil on hardboard 39.3 x 31.8 x 3.4 in. - 70.8 x 83.5 x 5.7 cm.
Fine Art Auctions Miami
Oct. 06, 2019
1920's gouache on paper on board - signed Ivan V. Kliun / attributed to
Est: €1,000 - €2,000
1920's gouache on paper on board - signed Ivan V. Kliun / attributed to KLIUN IVAN VASILIEVITCH (1873 - 1943) gouache op papier op karton van ca 1920 : "Compositie" - 24 x 23,8 getekend / toegeschreven aan
DVC
Jun. 30, 2019
Ivan Vasilievich Kliun 1873-1943 (Russian) Composition gouache on paper
Est: €1,300 - €1,500
Ivan Vasilievich Kliun 1873-1943 (Russian) Composition gouache on paper h:13 w: 15 cm. initialled lower left Provenance: Sale: Michel Homme, October 9, 2005, lot 257. The Estate of the Late David Garber, London, acquired at the above sale. And through inheritance in the family. Other Notes: Location: Israel. For estimated delivery time please contact us. Condition report available upon request.
Matsart Auctioneers & Appraisers
May. 06, 2019
20th Cent. Russian oil painting on board - signed / attributed to Ivan V. Kliun
Est: €1,500 - €2,500
20th Cent. Russian oil painting on board - signed / attributed to Ivan V. Kliun KLIUN IVAN VASILIEVITCH (1873 - 1943) olieverfschilderij op karton : "Compositie" - 26,4 x 20 getekend / toegeschreven aan
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