Black Square
Kazimir Malevich · 1915
The story
Black Square is a 1915 oil on linen canvas painting by the Russian avant-garde artist and theorist Kazimir Malevich. There are four painted versions, the first of which was completed in 1915 and described by the artist as his breakthrough work and the inception of his Suprematist art movement (1915–1919).
- Artist
- Kazimir Malevich
- Date
- 1915
- Collection
- Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
- Movement
- Suprematism
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 79.5 × 79.5 cm
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