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Suprematistische Komposition
Suprematistische Komposition
Suprematistische Komposition
Photo: Prallan Allsten/Moderna Museet

Suprematistische Komposition

Artist (Ryssland, 1902 - 1974)
Alternate Title
  • Suprematistisk komposition
  • Suprematist Composition
Date1922-1923
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsBildmått: 69 × 89 cm Yttermått: 78,5 × 98 × 4,4 cm
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LinePurchase 2007 (The Second Museum of Our Wishes)
Countries
On view
Stockholm
Object NumberMOM/2007/67
About the artworkSuprisingly little is known to this day about Anna (Abelevna) Kagan’s oeuvre. She studied for Kazimir Malevich in 1919-22 at the art college in Vitebsk, Belarus. Vitebsk was the USSR's answer to Paris at the time. Malevich and his suprematist visions made a deep impression on Kagan. She took part in several exhibitions with the group UNOVIS “for the new art”. After Lenin’s death, the authorities clamped down on avant-garde exhibitions and demanded that all artists conform to the Stalinist style of social realism. But Anna Kagan continued to create abstract paintings the rest of her life. In the 1920s and 30s, she made abstract compositions on ceramic goods, prints and textile designs.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad i nedre vänster hörn på baksidan av duken: "Kagan A. A. " Selected exhibition history Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ryskt avantgarde - Visioner om en framtid (den 14 september 2013 - den 12 januari 2014) Moderna Museet Malmö The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Det andra önskemuseet : [Moderna Museet]