Black Cross (painting)
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| Artist | Kazimir Malevich |
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| Year | 1915–1924 |
| Dimensions | 79 cm × 79 cm (31 in × 31 in) |
| Location | Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris |
Black Cross (also known as The Black Cross) is an iconic painting by Kazimir Malevich. The first version was done in 1915. From the mid-1910s, Malevich abandoned any trace of figurature or representation from his paintings in favour of pure abstraction.[1][2]
History
Black Cross was first shown in The Last Futurist Exhibition 0,10 in 1915.[3] One of the parts of Kazimir Malevich’s triptych (Black Square, Black Cross, Black Circle).
Bibliography
- Gray, Camilla. The Great Experiment: Russian Art, 1863–1922. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1962
- Farthing, Stephen. 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die. Cassel Illustrated, 2011. ISBN 978-1-84403-704-9
- Néret, Gilles. Kazimir Malevich 1878–1935 and Suprematism. Taschen, 2003. ISBN 0-87414-119-2
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