Beautiful painting by Ivan Puni (Jean Pougny) Very rare Russian Avantgarde work Start Price USD 27,000.00 Current Price USD 27,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 35,000.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, November 26, 2008 End Time Saturday, December 06, 2008 Location Nieuwkoop, Zuid Holland See more about 'Beautiful painting by Ivan Puni (Jean Pougny)' Description Title : Music II Year : 1918 Medium : Oil on wood. Dimensions : 50 x 50 cm Signed : Lower left  Provenance : Private collection, Moscow Condition : Good The artist Ivan Puni was born in Kuokkala (then Grand Duchy of Finland in the Russian Empire, now Repino in Russia) to a family of Italian origins[1]. He is the grandson of the famous Italian-Russian composer of ballet music Cesare Pugni. In 1909-1910 he studied in various workshops, including the Académie Julian in Paris. In 1915 Puni together with the group of avant-garde artists (Aleksandra Ekster, Liubov Popova, Ivan Kliun, Ksenia Boguslavskaya, Olga Rozanova, Nadezhda Udaltsova, Nina Genke and others) joined Supremus a group led by the founder of Suprematism, Kazimir Malevich. In 1915-1916 Puni, together with other suprematist artists, worked at Verbovka Village Folk Centre. In 1919 he taught at the Vitebsk Art School under Marc Chagall. He was married to Ksenia Boguslavskaya. In 1920 Ivan Puni and Ksenia Boguslavskaya emigrated first for Germany, and then (in 1923) for France. Since then Ivan Puni adopted the name Jean Pougny. He has become French citizen since 1946. Ivan Puni (Jean Pougny) died in Paris in 1956.This painting is part of my collection of more then 200 Russian paintings. To be able to expand my collection or include paintings from artists not yet covered in my collection I sometimes have to sell. Kasimir Malevich, Wasily Kandinsky, Tatlin, Larionov, Ivan Kliun, Olga Rosanova, Alexandra Exter, Alexander Vesnin, Liubov Popova, Natalia Goncharova, Nadezhda Udaltsova, Nathan Altman Picasso, Braque, Gris, Leger bauhaus, mercedes, volkswagen, audi, bmw, haus,  Place a Bid!