Metamorphosa en vente ici. Beware of fakes, Moscow 1899, poster, colour lithograph, the image signed in Cyrillic characters A. Klan, unknown print run, sheet size 53.5 x 35.5 cm, glued to the backing-sheet, damaged, (EH)

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“...red has always been one of the most fascinating and beloved colours. ... And now try to understand the colour red as a material! You will realise that the colour red is very selfish, constructive and plastic. It is independent in its aesthetic effect, it has the power to create. The colour red is demonstrative, attracts general attention and stimulates sensuality. It embodies physical life, fire and movement. Its energy and intensity convey immense power; it “burns within itself”, as if it wished to disturb visual quietness. The colour red stimulates and galvanises, it is an energy source. Red is the colour of passion, belief and edification. Red stands for transformation, progress ...
“Red” as a concept and the phrase “the colour red” became a catching image in Russia, articularly in the early 20th century.
Russian people identified the colour red with concrete objects, actions and physical phenomena.
Like no other colour, red mirrored the state of the nation both physically and psychologically, its ambitions and hopes. ... This colour became an unconsciously influential component of human existence and worldview. ...”
(From: The colour red in Russian visual conscience, Joseph Kiblitsky, in: exhibition catalogue Red in Russian art, Kunstforum Vienna 1998, page 33-35)