Lot #626: NIKOLAI SUETIN - Suprematist Composition - Watercolor, crayon, and pencil drawing on paper

 

Artist: Nikolai Suetin (Russian, 1897-1954).
Title: "Suprematist Composition".
Medium: Watercolor, crayon, and pencil drawing on paper.
Date: Composed 1920.
Dimensions: Overall size: 9 3/16 x 7 3/8 in. (233 x 187 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed and dated in pencil, lower right recto; collector ink stamp, verso. Drawn on pale cream wove paper. Very good to fine condition; partial pencil drawing, verso; uneven left edge (removed from sketchbook?). Provenance: If you have a genuine interest in bidding on this work kindly send an email to: [email protected] for provenance information and additional image(s). Comment(s): The closest comparable we could find to our example is actually a pencil drawing: “Kubistische Komposition,” pencil drawing on paper, 6 1/8” x 4”, c1920, sold for $10,592 (€ 9,000) hammer price at Lempertz auctions, Cologne, Germany, December 3, 2005, lot #991. Image copyright © The Estate of Nikolai Suetin. [30282-1-16000]