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Kazimir Malevich

Kazimir Malevich

?–1935

WA-00014824

PaintingSuprematismAbstract Art

Representation

None documented

35

Institutional Exhibitions

80

Works in Collection

177

Assets Indexed

6

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

100%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ130777

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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The Cubist Imprint

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Abstractions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988–1989

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Collage: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988–1989

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Deconstructivist Architecture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988

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Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910�1980

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Drawings

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983–1984

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A Century of Modern Drawing, 1881�1981

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1982

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Prints: Acquisitions 1977�1981

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981–1982

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Masterpieces from the Collection: Selections from the Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Centuries

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980–1981

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Art of the Twenties

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979–1980

Field Verification (6 fields)

0 cross-verified · 6 single-source

BiographyWikidata· 70%
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Death yearWikidata· 70%
NationalityWikidata· 70%
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Profile imageWikidata· 70%

Source Registry (3)

Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/kazimir-malevich
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3710
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

Kazimir Malevich reduced painting to its most elemental geometry, founding Suprematism, a movement built on the premise that pure geometric form and a stripped palette could express feeling without recourse to representation. Working in oil on canvas, he constructed compositions of squares, circles, and crosses against white grounds, severing painting from the visible world entirely. His 1915 Black Square, exhibited at the Last Futurist Exhibition in Petrograd, remains one of modernism's most consequential objects. As a theorist alongside his painting practice, Malevich articulated Suprematism as a philosophical position, not merely a formal one.

Source: Sothebys · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

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Movement

Suprematism

Medium

Painting

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (80)

Die gegenstandslose Welt

xix, 100, 37 pages, Height: 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Analytical Chart

Analytical Chart

1924 · Cut-and-pasted printed paper, gelatin silver prints, ink, and pencil on paper on paper

28 1/2 x 38 3/4" (72.4 x 98.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Analytical Chart

Analytical Chart

1924 · Cut-and-pasted printed and painted paper, gelatin silver prints, ink, and crayon on paper with ink and pencil

28 1/2 x 38 3/4" (72.4 x 98.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Analytical Chart

Analytical Chart

1924 · Cut-and-pasted printed paper, pencil, and ink on paper on paper

28 1/2 x 38 3/4" (72.4 x 98.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Analytical Chart

1924 · Cut-and-pasted printed paper, gelatin silver prints, ink, and crayon on paper

Museum of Modern Art

Analytical Chart

Analytical Chart

1924 · Cut-and-pasted paper, watercolor, pencil, and ink on paper on paper

28 1/2 x 38 3/4" (72.4 x 98.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Houses of the Future Leningrad: Pilot's House

Houses of the Future Leningrad: Pilot's House

1924 · Pencil on paper

12 1/4 x 17 3/8" (31.1 x 43.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Suprematist Elements: Squares

Suprematist Elements: Squares

1923 · Pencil on paper

19 3/4 x 14 1/4" (50.2 x 36.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Suprematist Element: Circle

1923 · Pencil on paper

18 1/2 x 14 3/8" (47 x 36.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

K voprosu izobrazitel'nogo iskusstva

Page: 10 7/16 x 6 15/16" (26.5 x 17.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pervyi Tsikl Lektsii

1920 · Illustrated book with two lithographs

page 8 7/16 x 5 1/2" (21 x 14 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Back cover from PERVYI TSIKL LEKTSII (FIRST CYCLE OF LECTURES)

composition 3 7/16 x 3 7/16" (8.7 x 8.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Front cover from PERVYI TSIKL LEKTSII (FIRST CYCLE OF LECTURES)

composition 5 1/2 x 3 1/2" (13.9 x 8.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Suprematizm. 34 risunka (Suprematism: 34 Drawings)

Suprematizm. 34 risunka (Suprematism: 34 Drawings)

1920 · Book with thirty-five lithographed illustrations (including cover) and lithographed manuscript text

page (each): 8 9/16 x 7 1/16" (21.8 x 18 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pervyi tsikl lektsii chitannykh na kratkosrochnykh kursakh dlia uchitelei risovaniia (First Series of Lectures, Given at a Short-Term Course for Teachers of Drawing)

Pervyi tsikl lektsii chitannykh na kratkosrochnykh kursakh dlia uchitelei risovaniia (First Series of Lectures, Given at a Short-Term Course for Teachers of Drawing)

1920 · Book with letterpress cover

Page: 8 7/16 x 5 1/2" (21.5 x 14 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled (Suprematist Cross)

Untitled (Suprematist Cross)

1920 · Linoleum cut

sheet: 12 3/8 x 10 1/8" (31.4 x 25.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Schema I: Construction of Axes of a Model; Schema II: Cubist Structure (Construction); Schema III: Cubist Constructed Drawing from On New Systems in Art (O Novykh Sistemakh Visk Usstve)

1919 · Lithograph

Composition (irreg.): 5 3/4 x 8 3/8" (14.6 x 21.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

O Novykh Sistemakh V Iskusstve (On New Systems in Art)

1919 · Illustrated book with one woodcut, six lithographs, and lithographed ornaments

irreg. page 9 1/16 x 7 1/4" (23 x 18.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

SCHEMA I: CONSTRUCTION OF AXES OF A MODEL; SCHEMA II: CUBIST STRUCTURE (CONSTRUCTION); and SCHEMA III: CUBIST CONSTRUCTED DRAWING (3 plates

1919 · Lithograph, printed in black

irreg. composition 5 3/16 x 8 7/16" (13.2 x 21.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Cover from O NOVYKH SISTEMAKH V ISKUSSTVE (ON NEW SYSTEMS IN ART)

1919 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 6 9/16 x 10 7/16" (16.7 x 26.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

(COW AND VIOLIN) (unbound plate) from O NOVYKH SISTEMAKH V ISKUSSTVE (ON NEW SYSTEMS IN ART)

1919 · Lithograph, printed in black

irreg. composition 4 1/2 x 2 15/16" (11.5 x 7.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

(Small Black Square) (headpiece, page 30) from O NOVYKH SISTEMAKH V ISKUSSTVE (ON NEW SYSTEMS IN ART)

1919 · Lithograph, printed in black

composition 2 3/16 x 2 3/16" (5.5 x 5.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

(Larger Black Square) (tailpiece, page 31) from O NOVYKH SISTEMAKH V ISKUSSTVE (ON NEW SYSTEMS IN ART)

1919 · Lithograph, printed in black

composition 2 15/16 x 2 15/16" (7.5 x 7.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

(Largest Black Square) (headpiece, page 32) from O NOVYKH SISTEMAKH V ISKUSSTVE (ON NEW SYSTEMS IN ART)

1919 · Lithograph, printed in black

composition 5 7/16 x 5 3/8" (13.8 x 13.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (3)

80 published of 166 catalogued · 103 with image

MoMA
78 publishedof 164 catalogued102 img
Tate
1 published1 img
The Met
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 1)

1 entries · 1 sources

Dynamic Suprematism
1915 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Images

10 assets

Kazimir Malevich (Wikipedia)

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Kazimir Malevich (Wikipedia)

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Ivan Kliun, Malevich a day after his death, 1935

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Ivan Kliun, Kazimir Malevich a few days before his death, 1935 (print)

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Ivan Kliun, Portrait of Kazimir Malevich, 1933

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ЦДІАК України Ф 1268 Оп 1 Спр 26 Арк 13зв 14 Казимир Малевичев народження

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Malevich's Coat of arms

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Malevich's house

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Relationships

26

Peers & Context20

Richard Artschwagerco-exhibited Carl Andreco-exhibited Francis Baconco-exhibited Willem de Kooningco-exhibited Walter De Mariaco-exhibited Damien Hirstco-exhibited

Movements2

Suprematism Abstract Art

Collections4

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Tate Gagosian

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

Gagosian

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Tate

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Richard Artschwager

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Willem de Kooning

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Walter De Maria

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