Kasimir Malevich (Russian, 1879 - 1935). "Suprematist Composition". Original gouache. c1916. Signed in pen with the initials, lower right. Buff paper. Very good condition, with minor edge chipping, else fine. Provenance: Estate of a private collector, Munich, Germany. The paintings of the Russian avant-garde have, in general, elicited two types of interpretation: one focuses on issues of technique and style; the other concentrates on social and political issues. The former method is usually applied to Kazimir Malevich’s early paintings, grounded as they are in the forms of Cubism, Futurism, and other contemporaneous art movements; the latter largely avoids Malevich in favor of more politically engaged artists such as El Lissitzky, Aleksandr Rodchenko, and Vladimir Tatlin. From the formalist’s standpoint, this composition is, in its mastery of shapes, a perfect example of his newly created Russian style, Suprematism. Image size: 12 7/16 x 8 15/16 in. (316 x 227 mm). [27704] |16000| {R100} (TL2) uzzzz~uozzz