Kazimir Malevich - Suprematist Composition 1916
Suprematist Composition 1916
88x71cm oil/canvas
Sold for: USD 60.0 million
Auction house: Sotheby's, New York
Sale date: 3 November 2008
Seller: Heirs of Kazimir Malevich
Buyer: Anonymous buyer
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Kazimir Malevich - Russian painter known as a pioneer of geometric abstraction.
The painting was created in 1916 and stayed with the artist until June 1927. Malevich exhibited his work in the Grosse Berliner Kunstausstellung in Berlin, but was soon to leave for the Soviet Union. The painting soon went to German architect Hugo Häring, who then sold it to the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. It stayed there for the next 50 years. It has been shown at various expositions, mostly in Europe. After an extended legal battle over the painting's ownership, which endured for 17 years, the painting was returned to heirs of the artist. In November 2008 they sold it at auction.