Article: Malevich $17 Million Sale Finally Buries Stalinism.(Arts&Entertainment)

Byline: HIlton Kramer

Are we so blase about the role played by big money in the art world that the sale of an easel-size abstract painting by Kazimir Malevich for $17 million can be regarded as a routine news story? Apparently.

Malevich's Suprematist Composition, believed to have been painted circa 1919 to 1920, fetched that remarkable sum in a much-hyped sale at Phillips Auctioneers on May 11. The sale marked the opening salvo in Phillips' current campaign to establish itself as a viable rival of Sotheby's and Christie's. Yet, the next day, The New York Times relegated its coverage of this event to page 10 of the Metro section, and the story by Carol ...

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