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Malevich Heirs - Sale of "Suprematist Composition"
2000

Representation of the heirs of Kazimir Malevich in connection with the auction sale of a Malevich work recovered from the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The sale was noted as one of the top ten art sales of the year 2000.
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The Museum of Modern Art and Heir of Kazimir Malevich Reach Agreement
June 18, 1999 -- Herrick, Feinstein LLP
The Museum of Modern Art and the heirs of Kazimir Malevich, the Russian artisit, announced today that they have reached an agreement regarding the Malevich works that have been at MoMa since 1935. The artist’s descendants will receive an undisclosed cash payment and one painting, Supremacist Composition (1923-25), while fifteen works by the pioneering abstract artist - six paintings and nine works on paper - will remain at the museum.