Lot Essay
To be included in the forthcoming Kasimir Malevich catalogue raisonn being prepared by Andr Boris Nakov.
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Trees
Details
Kasimir Malevich (1878-1935)
Trees
signed with the initials 'KM' (lower right); signed and inscribed in Cyrillic 'No 2 5R K Malevich v10r' (on the reverse)
oil on thick card
12 1/8 x 7 1/2in. (30.8 x 19cm.)
Painted circa 1904
Trees
signed with the initials 'KM' (lower right); signed and inscribed in Cyrillic 'No 2 5R K Malevich v10r' (on the reverse)
oil on thick card
12 1/8 x 7 1/2in. (30.8 x 19cm.)
Painted circa 1904
Provenance
Mieczyslaw Malevich, Moscow (the artist's brother)
George Costakis, Athens
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owners
George Costakis, Athens
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owners
Literature
A. Zander Rudenstine, Russian Avant-Garde, The George Costakis Collection, London 1981, no. 476 (illustrated in colour p. 252).
J. C. Marcad, Malevich, Paris 1990, no. 43 (illustrated in colour p. 39).
R. Crone & D. Moos, Kasimir Malevich: the Climax of Disclosure, London 1991, no.7 (illustrated p. 11).
J. C. Marcad, Malevich, Paris 1990, no. 43 (illustrated in colour p. 39).
R. Crone & D. Moos, Kasimir Malevich: the Climax of Disclosure, London 1991, no.7 (illustrated p. 11).
Exhibited
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Art of the Avant-Garde in Russia: Selections from the George Costakis Collection, October 1981 - January 1982, no. 1 (illustrated p. 38).
Munich, Stdtische Galerie in Lenbachhaus, Russische Avantgarde aus der Sammlung Costakis, 1984, no. 1 (illustrated p. 59). This exhibition later travelled to Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, March-June 1985.
Munich, Stdtische Galerie in Lenbachhaus, Russische Avantgarde aus der Sammlung Costakis, 1984, no. 1 (illustrated p. 59). This exhibition later travelled to Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, March-June 1985.