Ivan Kliun Suprematist Drawing

IVAN KLIUN IS  RUSSIAN SUPREMATISTN AVAND GARDISDE ,CONSTRUCTIVIST ARTIST  NÉ en 1886 
KLIUN  FRIENDSHIP WIH MALEVICH  WWHICH HAD STARTED IN 1907  BECAME ESPECCIALLY CLOSE   IN 1917-18  
WHEN KLIUN WAS  A STRONG  SUPPORTER  OF SUPREMATISM.
KLIUN WORK  OF THE PERIOD  IS CONCERNED  WITH  THE DEPICTION  OF CLEARLY ARTICULATED FORMS AND PURE COLOR ;
THE RELATIONSHIP  BETWEEN HIS WORK  OF 1916-17  AND  THAT OF POPOVA  IS IN SOME INSTANCES VERY  CLOSE.
IN 1919 , WHEN KLIUN  WAS A  PROFESSOR AT THE  SVOMAS FOR A YEAR,  HIS  SUPREMATIST  STYLE SHOWS   A  NEW DEVELOPMENT AND  BECOME MORE COMPLEX TO  REACH ITS FULL MATURITY.
THE DRAWING  IS SIGNED WITH THE  MONOGRAM IK  IN CYRILLIC LETTERS AT THE LOWER RIGHT .
  REF: ART OF THE AVANT-GARDE  IN  RUSSIA,    FROM  GEORGE  COSTAKIS  


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