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KASIMIR SEVRINOVITCH MALEVICH (Russian) Gouache a

Kasimir Sevrinovitch Malevich (Russian, 1878 - 1935)

Cubo-Futurism Composition.

Gouache and watercolor, with white and blue highlighting. c1912. Initialed, lower right. 13 x 9 3/16 in. (330 x 233 mm). 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 MalevichÆs 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 formalistÆs standpoint, this composition is, in its mastery of complex shapes, a perfect example of the newly created Russian style, Cubo-Futurism. The figure is seemingly a continuation of the genre type Malevich portrayed in his Neo-primitive paintings, its depiction seemingly reliant on Fernand L?gerÆs work, which Malevich could have known from an exhibition in Moscow in February 1912 or through reproductions. This phase in MalevichÆs career has been seen as his formidable stopover on his journey toward abstraction and the development of Suprematism. Accompanied by a letter/certificate of authenticity. Full return privileges.