Black Cross (painting)

Black Cross
Black Cross
Artist	Kazimir Malevich
Year	1915–1924
Medium	Oil on linen
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 oil 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

References

^ Mazzoni, Ira. "Everything and Nearly Nothing: Malevich and His Effects". DeutscheBank/Art. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
^ Schjehldahl, Peter (26 May 2003). "The Prophet: Malevich's Revolution". The New Yorker. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
^ Schjehldahl, Peter (7 March 2011). "The Shape of Things:After Kazimir Malevich". The New Yorker. Retrieved 15 May 2015.