Lot 346
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Ivan Kliun (1873-1942)
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Ivan Kliun (1873-1942)

Study for 'Landscape Rushing By'

Details
Ivan Kliun (1873-1942)
Study for 'Landscape Rushing By'
inscribed 'Pokrov' (upper centre)
brash and ink on paper
6¼ x 5 7/8 in. (16 x 14.8 cm.)
Executed circa 1914-15
Provenance
Serafima Kliun, the artist's daughter.
George Costakis, Moscow and Athens, by whom acquired from the above circa 1968; his sale, Sotheby's, London, 4 April 1990, lot 501.
Acquired at the above by the present owner.
Literature
A. Rudenstine (ed.), S. F. Starr & G. Costakis, The George Costakis Collection, Russian Avant-Garde Art, London, 1981, no. 132 (illustrated p. 144).
Exhibited
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Art of the Avant Garde in Russia: Selections from the George Costakis Collection, 1981, no. 23i (illustrated p. 63). This exhibition later travelled to Stockolm, Moderna Museet; London, The Royal Academy of Arts; and Munich, Lenbachhaus.
Hanover, Kestner Gesellschaft, Russische Avantgarde aus der Sammlung Costakis, no. 165, 1984.
Helsinki, Kapungin Taidemuseo and Helsingfors Stads Konstmuseum, Russian Avat Garde from the George Costakis Collection, no. 163, 1984.
Dublin, The Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, ROSC '88, Selections from the George Costakis Collection of the Avant-Garde in Russia, August - October 1988, no. 15.
Montreal, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, The Russian and Soviet Avant-Garde: Works from the Collection of George Costakis, March - May 1989, no. 56 (illustrated).
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Lot Essay

This work is a preparatory study for one of Kliun's most interesting Cubo-Futurist projects - the sculptural relief Landscape Rushing By, executed in 1914-15, formerly in the Costakis Collection, donated by Costakis to the Tetriakov Gallery, Moscow.
The inscription 'Pokrov' (Protection) could have a special significance as a reference to 'The Pokrov', an image of the Virgin standing beneath a red veil (Pokrov) held by two angels, in early Russian icons. Like many Avant-Garde artists, Kliun was influenced and inspired by the primitive quality of early icons.

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