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Venezia
Venezia
Venezia
Photo: Tobias Fischer/Moderna Museet
Artist (Ryssland, 1882 - 1949)
Alternate Title
  • Venice
  • Venedig
Date1915
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsBildmått: 123 × 97 cm Yttermått: 128,2 × 101,6 × 4 cm
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LinePurchase 1980 with contribution from The Friends of Moderna Museet, Gerard Bonnier, Pontus Bonnier and Åke Bonnier
Countries
Object NumberMOM 173
The artwork is not on display
About the artwork

Before the First World War and the Russian Revolution, cosmopolitan Aleksandra Ekster was constantly on the move between Russia and France, and in 1924 she emigrated to Paris. After the October Revolution in 1917, Russian art was to serve the state. Since traditional painting was branded as bourgeois, many artists chose instead to work for the theatre. Women had a strong position in the avant-garde in Russia, and Ekster had a successful career as a stage designer in Moscow, and later as an artist and designer with a particular talent for vibrant colours and dynamic compositions. Her paintings combine cubism with futurism, and she, among others, introduced these new styles in her native country. Here Venice with its characteristic elements – bridges, water and pollards – in a closed, shallow pictorial space.


Signatures, inscriptions and marks Osignerad, Etiketter på bakstycket: AMAZONS OF THE AVANT-GARDE/Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin July 9-October 17, 1999/Alexandra Exter/Venice, 1915/Oil on canvas, 123 x 97 cm/Moderna Museet, Stockholm/LN.909.99/ ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, PICCADILLY, LONDON W1V 0DS/Amazons of the Avant-Garde:/13 November to 6 February 2000/Key no.6 Cat no. 7/Alexandra Exter/Venice/Moderna Museet, Stockholm/ GUGGENHEIM BILBAO MUSEOA /DT389.2000/Amazonas de la Vanguardia 12 junio-6 septiembre 2000/Alexandra Exter/Venice, 1915 123 x 97 cm/Moderna Museet, Stockholm/ SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM/1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10128/AMAZONS OF THE AVANT-GARDE//September 7,2000- January 7, 2001/Alexandra Exter/Venice, 1915/Oil on canvas/123 x 97 cm/Crate #40, Crate Dims: 46 x 58 12 inches/LOAN # 909.99/LENDER: Moderna Museet, Stockholm/ MOSKAU BERLIN 1900-1950/ Berlinische Galerie/Landesmuseum für Moderna Kunst,/Photographie und Architektur/Berlin, 3. September 1995 - 7.Januar 1996/Staatliches Puschkin-Museeum für BildendeKünste/Moskau, 1. Juli 1996/Alexandra Alexandrowna Exter 2505/111K1/Venedig, 1915/Moderna Museet, Statens konstmuseer, STOCKHOLM/ Selected exhibition history Dansmaskiner (den 22 januari 2014 - den 27 april 2014) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Mästerverken åter. Verk av spanska konstnärer ur Samling S. runt den återbördade Picassos Källan. (1995) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Samlingsutställning 2004 - 2011 - I vår tid (2004 - 2011) Moderna Museet, Stockholm 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 Mästerverken åter! Moderna Museet, Spårvagnshallarna : [6 maj - 27 augusti 1995]The Masterpieces are back! : Moderna Museet, Spårvagnshallarna : [May 6th - August 27th 1995]Dance machines