by Tom Gurney
Tom Gurney BSc (Hons) is an art history expert with over 20 years experience
Published on June 19, 2020 / Updated on October 2, 2026
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Malevich wrote and spoke about painting while his work changed, and a few compact English sentences have been repeated so often that they can seem timeless. They are not. A phrase from a 1915 exhibition leaflet, a 1916 revised book, a 1919 manifesto and a later German volume belongs to a different moment and may reach us through a different translator. This page presents a small number of short, museum-attested English extracts with their source trail and explains what they can support. The previous version of the page printed twenty unattributed lines; those have been audited, and wording without a traceable edition is held for further research. [1], [2], [3], [4]
The displayed words are deliberately brief. A modern museum label can accurately convey a useful idea while still leaving its original Russian page, translator or wording unspecified. In such a case we identify the museum as the English-language intermediary instead of presenting the sentence as a freshly verified transcription of Malevich's manuscript. For the publication sequence and the original language issues, see the theory and writings guide. [2], [3], [4]
At a glance
- Short statements printed hereFour museum-attested English extracts with context
- Main dates represented1915 exhibition; 1919 white-series exhibition; later explanation of black square and Suprematism
- Source problemEnglish wording may come from a gallery label or edited translation rather than a checked original page
- Legacy page auditTwenty attributed lines reviewed; unsupported full quotations held, five empty blocks removed
- Reader ruleCite the work, year, edition and translator when available; identify gaps when they are not
Contents
- “I transformed myself in the zero of form”
- A 1916 text is not simply the 1915 leaflet
- “Swim in the white free abyss”
- “The square equals feeling”
- “The supremacy of pure feeling or perception”
- Why familiar Malevich lines need a date
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A curator introduces Black Square, the 0.10 exhibition and Malevich’s later work.
Watch on YouTube“I transformed myself in the zero of form”
I transformed myself in the zero of form. [1]
MoMA gives these words as part of a longer English rendering of a leaflet distributed at the December 1915 0.10 exhibition in Petrograd. The museum's page connects them to Suprematist Composition: Airplane Flying, a 1915 painting whose reverse bears the date 1914. The phrase appears in a historical setting where Malevich had just shown coloured planes and black forms that no longer portrayed a scene. “Zero” names a claimed break with inherited pictorial expectation; it is not a measurement of the painting's physical area or evidence that the canvas is empty. [1]
The precise publication matters. MoMA identifies an exhibition leaflet, while the Malevich Society's bibliography separately lists a 1915 pamphlet and later 1916 versions of From Cubism and Futurism to Suprematism. A similar expression can circulate through more than one text or English translation. This page reproduces only MoMA's short extract and does not assign its entire paragraph to an uninspected 1915 pamphlet. Nor does the line prove that the first Black Square was physically painted in 1913: a retrospective account of invention and an object's museum-assigned production date answer different questions. [1], [5]
A 1916 text is not simply the 1915 leaflet
The National Library of Estonia holds a facsimile of Malevich's 1916 Russian book Отъ кубизма и футуризма къ супрематизму. Новый живописный реализм. Its title page calls it a third edition. Aleksandra Shatskikh's critical notes nevertheless describe extensive rewriting and expansion from the earlier text. These facts make a quote labelled only “Malevich manifesto” too vague for close reading. The source needs a year and, where possible, a page. [6], [7]
The inspected 1916 page images argue against judging painting chiefly by its ability to repeat natural scenes and conventionally ideal figures. That is a paraphrase rather than a newly minted English quotation. The scan uses old Russian orthography, and its OCR is unreliable in places. Translating a compressed theoretical claim involves choices about terms such as painterly realism and objectlessness. A source-aware page can still explain the argument while refraining from printing a polished English aphorism whose translator and edition cannot be identified. [6], [7]
The legacy quote about seeing “bits of nature” in pictures may point to this argumentative terrain, but its exact English wording is not confirmed from a named translator. It has therefore been removed as a direct quote. The underlying idea remains available through the text and the theory page, with the material and editorial limits stated. [6]
“Swim in the white free abyss”
Swim in the white free abyss, infinity is before you. [2]
MoMA prints this short English line in a gallery label about its 1918 White on White. The label places a longer passage in a manifesto connected to the white paintings' first public exhibition in Moscow in 1919. It would be misleading to label these words a 1915 Black Square caption or to say they were written on MoMA's canvas. The painting and the printed statement are related but separate historical objects. [2]
The swimming and abyss imagery directs a reader beyond the familiar blue sky and conventional horizon. In White on White, a pale tilted quadrilateral sits against a subtly different pale field. MoMA's interpretation joins that almost vanishing contrast to Malevich's rhetoric of spatial freedom. The image does not become a literal view of ocean or aircraft. This is an interpretive connection between an attributed phrase and a named painting, not a claim that the artist supplied a one-to-one code for every shape. [2]
The museum label does not give the precise Russian title, page or translator for the English sentence. That gap should travel with the quotation. The legacy page combined related sky, colour and “semaphore” sentences into longer unattributed blocks; those wordings are not repeated here. The short extract is sufficient to show the issue while sending a reader to the source that actually prints it. [2]
“The square equals feeling”
The square equals feeling, the white background equals nothingness. [3]
MoMA's page for the 1920 Vitebsk book Suprematism: 34 Drawings includes this English formulation in a museum gallery label. It is presented as Malevich describing a black-square painting. The line is useful because it gives square and pale field different conceptual roles. It should not be mistaken for a chemical account of the paint or for a full reading of the 1915 work. The aged first Black Square has a specific surface and display history that the brief formula cannot replace. [3], [8]
The label's source trail stops short of naming the exact Russian passage and translator. The 1920 book is a material printed object with lithographed illustrations and text, but the presence of the museum's gallery label on that object page does not itself show that this sentence was printed inside that particular copy. It is safest to call it a MoMA-transmitted English formulation associated with Malevich's explanation of a black square. The distinction protects a reader from assigning a modern label's English wording to the December 1915 exhibition wall without further proof. [3]
“The supremacy of pure feeling or perception”
The supremacy of pure feeling or perception in the pictorial arts. [2]
MoMA uses this English phrase to explain why Malevich called his approach Suprematism. Its White on White page includes it in a 2015 label and a later publication excerpt. The paired words “feeling or perception” hint at a translation problem rather than a fixed modern psychological category. In the 1927 German Die gegenstandslose Welt, Malevich's term Empfindung can be rendered with either emphasis. A translation that chooses “feeling” may sound more emotional to a current reader than one choosing “sensation” or “perception.” [2], [4]
The 1927 volume is a later argument, with sections on an “additional element” and on Suprematism. Its indexed page 65 was inspected for the theoretical setting, but the original page image could not be opened during this research. The exact English sentence above is therefore cited to MoMA's wording, while the German original supplies a contextual lead rather than a claim of independently verified word-for-word equivalence. This is why a quote page should show its evidence chain. [2], [4]
Why familiar Malevich lines need a date
A quotation about taking refuge in a square “in 1913” appears widely online. It describes a claimed intellectual origin from a later vantage point. The surviving first Black Square is dated 1915 by the Tretyakov. The 1913 language can illuminate Malevich's self-narration without changing the physical canvas's catalogue date. An artwork date, a signature or inscription, and the date of a later written memory should be listed separately. [8], [9]
The same care applies to vivid lines about technology, sincerity or a skull containing the universe. Their appearance on an unattributed quote site does not tell us whether they came from a pamphlet, a letter, a translation or someone else's recollection. The previous local page gave twenty such statements no publication, page or translator at all. The source audit retains them as research leads, rather than converting uncertainty into confident quotation marks. [5]
That restraint does not make Malevich's thinking inaccessible. The known publications can be read in sequence: a 1915 pamphlet and exhibition material; the much expanded 1916 book; Vitebsk writings and printed images; a 1927 German book that addressed a different audience. The paintings hub and individual artwork pages let a reader test an argument against a dated object. The best use of a short statement is to open that comparison, not to end it. [4], [5], [6]
Documented Malevich collection records
Explore 665 catalogued source objects from museums and archives, including 87 exact links to local artwork pages. Records include works, print impressions, book components and archival items; they are not a deduplicated or complete oeuvre. Medium labels are grouped into broad English categories. Titles link to local artwork pages where available.
| Artwork title | Date | Medium |
|---|---|---|
| "Front line soldier" (Ratnik 1-go razriada) | Δεκαετία 1920 | Photograph |
| [Le Cheval blanc] | [circa 1930 - 1931] | Painting |
| [Sensation du danger] | [1930 - 1931] | Painting |
| A Game in Hell, Petrograd, 1913 (2nd expanded edition) | 1913 | Book |
| A Game in Hell: A Poem (Igra v adu: Poema) | 1914 | Book |
| A Peasant Woman Goes for Water | 1913 | |
| A pork-butcher came around to Lodz and we said "Good day." From Lodz to neighboring Radom he passed, and left behind one sorry ass. (Podoshel kolbasnik k Lodzi / my skazali : 'Pan dobrodzi!' Nu, a s Lodz'iu riadom Radom / i ushel s podbitym zadom.) | c. 1914 | |
| Alogisme 1. Portret Moskovskoy Damy (Alogisme 1. Portret van een Moskouse dame) | 1914 | Drawing |
| Alogisme 2. Vis, zaag, lepel, telegraafpaal | 1914 | Drawing |
| Alogisme 22. Malorossiyanin (Alogisme 22. Een kleine Rus) | 1915 | Drawing |
| Alogisme 23. Sobol, koshka (Alogisme 23. Sabel, kat) | 1915 | Drawing |
| Alogisme 29. Derevnya | 1915 | Drawing |
| Alogisme 3. Chastichnoe zatmenie (Alogisme 3. Gedeeltelijke eclips) | 1914 | Drawing |
| Alogisme 4. Apteka (Alogisme 4. Apotheek) | 1914 | Drawing |
| Alpha | 1923 / 1978 | Sculpture or object |
| An Austrian was going to Radzivily | 1914 | |
| An Austrian was going to Radzivily | 1914 | |
| Analytical Chart | 1924–27 | Drawing |
| Analytical Chart | 1924–27 | Drawing |
| Analytical Chart | 1924–27 | Drawing |
| Analytical Chart | 1924–27 | Drawing |
| Analytical Chart | 1924–27 | Drawing |
| Announcement for Malevich's lecture in Orenburg | 1917-1920 | |
| Apple Tree in Blossom | c. 1930 | Painting |
| Architecton Alpha | 1920 | Sculpture or object |
| Architecton Gota | 1923 (?) | Sculpture or object |
| Architectonische constructie | 1917 (versie ca. 1925) | Drawing |
| Architectons and Figurines | Späte 1920er Jahre | Sculpture or object |
| Architecturaal-kosmische compositie | 1920 (latere versie (1927?)) | Drawing |
| Architectural construction | ca. 1917 | Drawing |
| Aritmetica | 1913 | Drawing |
| Aritmetica | 1913 | Drawing |
| Arkhitekton Zeta | 1926 | Photograph |
| At Harvesting (Marfa and Vanka) | 1928-1929 | Painting |
| Aveniriens | vers 1931 - 1932 | Drawing |
| Aviator | 1914 | Painting |
| Aviator v Pobede nad solntsem (Vliegenier in Overwinning op de zon) | 1913 (versie ca. 1929) | Drawing |
| Baadsters op de rug gezien | 1910 | Painting |
| Back cover from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell) | 1913–14, published 1914 | Book |
| Back cover from Vzorval' (Explodity) | 1913 | Book |
| Bader | 1911 | Drawing |
| Betende Bäuerin | 1933 | Drawing |
| Biddende figuur | motief ca 1922, versie voor 1927 | Drawing |
| Birkenhain | um 1905 - 06 | Painting |
| Black Circle | c. 1923 | Painting |
| Black Cross | c. 1923 | Painting |
| Black quadrilateral | 1915 | Painting |
| Black Square | c. 1923 | Painting |
| Black Square and Circle | 1920-1921 | Drawing |
| Black Square and White Cylindrical Form | 1915 | Drawing |
| Black Square, Second State | 1915/20 | Drawing |
| Blacksmith | Study. 1933 | Painting |
| Blestifze (Pencils) | 1917–1918 | Drawing |
| Boer met baard | ca 1930 | Drawing |
| Boerenvrouw in het veld | ca. 1929-1930 | Drawing |
| Boerenvrouw met emmers | 1912 | Painting |
| Book of Selected Poems (Kniga izbrannykh Stikhotvorenii) | 1930 | Book |
| Boy (Vanka) | 1928–1929 | Painting |
| Boy wuth knapsack / Mal'chyk s rantsem | 1915 | |
| Brooch | 1920 | Sculpture or object |
| Brooch | 1920 | Sculpture or object |
| Bubnovy Valet 21. Boerenvrouw met kind | 1911-1912 (latere versie) | Drawing |
| Bubnovy Valet 40. Portret (van M.F. Larionov?) | 1910 | Drawing |
| Bubnovy Valet 41. Na uglu stoit apteka, lyubov sushit tseloveka (De drogist is op de hoek, van liefde droogt een man uit) | 1910-1911 (versie ca. 1930) | Drawing |
| Bubnovy Valet 42. Portret moei rodstvennitsy (Bubnovy Valet 42. Portret van mijn familielid) | 1911 | Drawing |
| Bubnovy Valet 43. Kop van een boer | 1912 (latere versie) | Drawing |
| Bubnovy Valet 44. Dansend paar | 1912 | Drawing |
| Bubnovy Valet 57. Lopende man | 1911 | Drawing |
| Bubnovy valet 8. Kop van een boer | 1912 | Drawing |
| Budetliyansky silach (Futuristische sterke man) | 1913 (versie 1915) | Drawing |
| Bêta | avant 1926 / 1978 | Sculpture or object |
| Car and Lady | Photograph | |
| Carpenter | 1928–1929 | Painting |
| Carré noir | [1923 - 1930] | Sculpture or object |
| Chelovek v ochkakh (Man met bril) | ca 1929 | Drawing |
| Compositie 1 z (Supremus nr. 67) | 1916 (versie jaren 1920) | Drawing |
| Compositie 10 t (Suprematisme: constructief moment) | 1917 | Drawing |
| Compositie 11 t (Supremus nr.18: constructievorming afhankelijk van de beweging naar een bol ) | 1916 | Drawing |
| Compositie 13 t (Supremus nr 38) | 1915-1916 | Drawing |
| Compositie 13 t (Supremus nr 38) | 1915-1916 (gedrukt 1920, annotaties jaren 1920) | |
| Compositie 14 t Oshchushchenie elektrichestva (Compositie 14 t Gevoel van electriciteit) | 1915 | Drawing |
| Compositie 15 k (Suprematisme) | 1916 (versie begin jaren 1920) | Drawing |
| Compositie 15 q (Supremus nr. 118) | 1918 | Drawing |
| Compositie 16 t (Suprematisme: groot zwart trapezium en vierkant tussen rechthoeken en lijnen) | 1915 | Drawing |
| Compositie 2 i (Suprematisme: gecombineerd gevoel: cirkel en vierkant) | 1916 (latere versie) | Drawing |
| Compositie 2 t (Verlengd vierkant met elementen overdwars) | 1915 (versie ca. 1920) | Drawing |
| Compositie 2 z Obshchushchenie magnita (Compositie 2 z Gevoel van een magneet) | 1916 (hernomen in 1919, versie jaren 1920) | Drawing |
| Compositie 3 t | 1916 | Drawing |
| Compositie 4 l Suprematisme van de geest | 1919 | Drawing |
| Compositie 4 t (Suprematisme: cirkel tussen rechthoeken en driehoeken) | 1916 | Drawing |
| Compositie 4 z (Supremus nr. 84) | 1916 (latere versie) | Drawing |
| Compositie 5 l Suprematisme van de geest | 1919 | Drawing |
| Compositie 6 d (Tekening verwant aan ‘Huis in aanbouw’) | 1915 | Drawing |
| Compositie 6 t Obshchushchenie vremeni (Compositie 6 t Gevoel van tijd) | 1916 | Drawing |
| Compositie 9 b. Fevralizm kak emotionizm (Compositie 9 b. Februarisme als emotionisme) | 1915 | Drawing |
| Compositie 9 h (Suprematisme: kruis en drie rechthoeken) | 1916 (versie 1920) | Drawing |
| Compositie 9 k (Suprematisme: zeven rechthoeken) | 1915 | Drawing |
| Compositie 9 t (Suprematisme: vier ruimtelijke elementen tegen een zwart trapezium) | 1915 | Drawing |
| Composition 1 e (Suprematisme: vierkant op diagonaal vlak) | 1915 | Drawing |
| Composition 1 t | [1916 / vers 1920] | Drawing |
| Composition 14 f | [1918] | Drawing |
| Composition 15 t | 1916 | Drawing |
| Composition 2 a | [1917 - 1918] | Drawing |
| Composition 3 z | [1919 / avant 1930] | Drawing |
| Composition 5 x | [été 1915] | Drawing |
| Composition 5 x | [été 1915] | Drawing |
| Composition alogique | [1915] | Drawing |
| Composition with La Gioconda (Partial Eclipse) | 1914 | Painting |
| Compositions 11 R | circa 1915–16 | Drawing |
| Construction 5 h | 1916 | Drawing |
| Costume study for the Budetlyan Athlete in Victory over the Sun | 1913 | Drawing |
| Cow and Violin | 1913 | Painting |
| Cow and Violin from On New Systems in Art (O Novykh Sistemakh Visk Usstve) | 1911–19 | |
| Croix [noire] | [1915] | Painting |
| Croix noire | [vers 1923 - 1926] | Sculpture or object |
| Dame | 1915 | Drawing |
| Dame an der Straßenbahnhaltestelle | 1913 | Drawing |
| Dame bij reclamezuil | 1914 | Painting |
| De gardist | 1913-1914 | Other |
| De houthakker (recto) / Boerenvrouwen in kerk (verso) | 1912 | Painting |
| De likdoornsnijder | 1911 | Drawing |
| De likdoornsnijder | 1911 | Drawing |
| De provincie | 1910 | Painting |
| De tuinman | 1911 | Painting |
| De vloerboeners | 1911 | Drawing |
| Der Häftling | 1930 | Drawing |
| Der Tod eines Menschen, gleichzeitig im Flugzeug und der Eisenbahn | um 1913 | |
| Desk and Room (legacy site: Bureau and Room) | 1913 | Painting |
| Dessin de Lissitzky d'après "Supremus n° 58, composition dynamique jaune et noire", 1916, de Malevitch | [1924] | Drawing |
| Deux plans de villes | [1916 / avant 1930] | Drawing |
| Deux plans en extension | [1916 - 1919] | Drawing |
| Diagramm | around 1917/1918 | Drawing |
| Die Hochzeit | 1903 | Other |
| Die Waschfrau | 1911 | Painting |
| Dorp | ca. 1906 | Other |
| Dorpje | 1908 | Drawing |
| Drei Köpfe | after 1930 | Drawing |
| Drie boerenvrouwen | 1917-1919 of eind jaren 1920 | Drawing |
| Drie figuren in een landschap | ca. 1928-1930 | Drawing |
| Drie naakte vrouwen en een kind, peren plukkend | 1909 | Drawing |
| Drie staande vrouwen | 1930 | Drawing |
| Drie vrouwenfiguren | ca 1905-1906 | Drawing |
| Druckstock für Holzschnitt | 1920 | |
| Dynamic Construction | 1923 | Photograph |
| Dynamic Figure from On New Systems in Art (O Novykh Sistemakh V Iskusstve) | 1911 | |
| Dynamic Suprematism | 1915/16 | Painting |
| Dynamisch suprematisme | 1917-1918 | Drawing |
| Een Engelsman in Moskou | 1914 | Painting |
| Een paar onder bomen | ca 1929 | Drawing |
| Elegant gezelschap in een park | ca 1908 | Drawing |
| Elementarer Suprematismus | 1917 | Drawing |
| Eléments d'architectone | [après 1924] | Drawing |
| Eléments non identifiés | [1923 - 1935] | Sculpture or object |
| Engelsman in Moskou | 1913-1914 | Drawing |
| Entwurf für das Gemälde 'Die roten Häuser' | 1910 | Drawing |
| Entwurf für die Bemalung der Pfeiler aus der Serie von Entwürfen für die Ausgestaltung des Roten Theaters in Leningrad | 1931 | Drawing |
| Entwurf für eine Deckenmalerei im Roten Theater in Leningrad | 1931 | Drawing |
| Eskiz k portretu Roslavtsa. Pesn golubym oblakam (Schets voor portret van de componist Roslavets. Lied van de blauwe wolken) | 1907-1908 | Drawing |
| Etude de paysan | fin 1911 | Drawing |
| Etyud suprematis 52 sistema A 4 | 1916-1917 (versie 1920-1927) | Drawing |
| Explodity (Vzorval') | 1913 | Book |
| Explodity (Vzorval') | 1913 | Book |
| Explodity (Vzorval) | 1913 | Book |
| Female Figure | 1928–1929 | Painting |
| Female portrait | ca. 1910-1911 | Painting |
| Female Torso | 1928–1929 | Painting |
| Female Torso | 1928-1929 | Painting |
| Figur mit ausgebreiteten Armen, ein Kreuz bildend | 1933 | Drawing |
| Figuren in Schwarz und Weiß | 1928/1930 | Drawing |
| Flower Seller | 1930 | Painting |
| Folio 1 from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell) | 1913–14, published 1914 | Book |
| Folio 15 from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell) | 1913–14, published 1914 | Book |
| Folio 17 verso from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell) | 1913–14, published 1914 | Book |
| Folio 18 from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell) | 1913–14, published 1914 | Book |
| Folio 19 from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell) | 1913–14, published 1914 | Book |
| Folio 19 from Vzorval' (Explodity) | 1913 | Book |
| Folio 20 from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell) | 1913–14, published 1914 | Book |
| Folio 23 from Vzorval' (Explodity) | 1913 | Book |
| Folio 25 from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell) | 1913–14, published 1914 | Book |
| Folio 27 from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell) | 1913–14, published 1914 | Book |
| Folio 27 from Vzorval' (Explodity) | 1913 | Book |
| Folio 29 from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell) | 1913–14, published 1914 | Book |
| Folio 31 from Vzorval' (Explodity) | 1913 | Book |
| Folio 32 verso from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell) | 1913–14, published 1914 | Book |
| Folio 34 verso from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell) | 1913–14, published 1914 | Book |
| Folio 37 from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell) | 1913–14, published 1914 | Book |
| Folio 4 verso from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell) | 1913–14, published 1914 | Book |
| Folio 7 from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell) | 1913–14, published 1914 | Book |
| Folio 9 from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell) | 1913–14, published 1914 | Book |
| Footballer / Futbolist | 1915 | |
| Four Squares | 1915 | Painting |
| Fragmenten van een tekst over het suprematisme | 1927 | Other |
| From Cubism and Futurism to Suprematism (Ot kubizma i futurizma k suprematizmu) | 1916 | Book |
| Front cover from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell) | 1913–14, published 1914 | Book |
| Fruit plukken / Overvloed | 1909 | Painting |
| Fuhrleute | 1909-1910 | Drawing |
| Full portrait of Malevich | 1931 | Photograph |
| Futuristische draak | 1913 | |
| Futurizm: dvizhenie cheloveka po lestnitse (Futurisme: beweging van een man op een trap) | 1919 | Drawing |
| Gebet II | um 1913 | |
| Gesellschaft in Zylindern | 1907 | Drawing |
| Girl in the Countryside | 1928–1929 | Painting |
| Girls in a Field | 1928-1929 | Painting |
| Gliad', pogliad' uzh blizko Visly. Nemtsev puchit, znachit kislo. | 1914/1918? | |
| Glyad, poglyad, uzh blizko Visly | 1914 | |
| Golgatha | around 1911 | Drawing |
| Gota | 1923 / 1978 | Sculpture or object |
| Gota 2-a | 1923 / 1978 | Sculpture or object |
| Grafik ... | ca. 1923 | Other |
| Grafik dvizheniya tvorcheskikh edinits v beskonechnosti | ca. 1923 | Other |
| Grammatica | 1913 | Drawing |
| Harvesting | Study for a painting. 1928–1929 | Painting |
| Head of a Peasant | Early 1930s | Painting |
| Head of a Peasant | 1928-1929 | Painting |
| Head of a Peasant | 1928–1929 | Painting |
| Hiëratisch suprematistisch kruis (groot kruis in zwart over rood op wit) | 1920-1921 | Painting |
| Houses of the Future Leningrad: Pilot's House | 1924 | Drawing |
| Huis, man, ladder | 1930-1931 | Drawing |
| Huit dessins suprématistes | [1917 / avant 1930] | Drawing |
| Huizen op het platteland | ca. 1906 | Other |
| Häuser und Kreuze (Golgatha) | 1930 | Drawing |
| I yu mane tor | ca. 1915 | Drawing |
| Igra v adu | 1914 | Other |
| Igra v adu (A Game in Hell) | 1914 | Book |
| Igra v adu (A Game in Hell) | 1914 | Book |
| Igra v adu (A Game in Hell) | 1914 | Book |
| Igra v adu (A Game in Hell) | 1913–14, published 1914 | Book |
| II | 1913 | Drawing |
| Illustration for the book by Aleksei Kruchenykh and Velimir Khlebnikov "Igra v Adu»" (2nd edition, Moscow 1914) | 1914 | |
| Ils vont à l'église | 1928 - 1932 | Drawing |
| Into Wagons of the French, German Corpses Were Tightly Wrenched; Their English Brothers Carried Kegs Stuffed with Germans Who Lost Their Legs | c. 1914 | |
| Izbornik stikhov s poslesloviem rechiaria. 1907–1914 gg. (A Selection of Poems with an Afterword by the Wordsmith: 1907–1914) | 1914 | Book |
| Jnitsa | 1913 | Drawing |
| K.Malevich, M.Matiushin, A.Kruchenykh, St.Petersburg, December 1913 | 1913 | Photograph |
| K.Malevich, M.Matiushin, A.Kruchenykh, St.Petersburg, December 1913 | 1913 | Photograph |
| K.Malevich, M.Matiushin, A.Kruchenykh, St.Petersburg, December 1913 | 1913 | Photograph |
| Kabarett | 1930 | Drawing |
| Kazimir Malevich lying seriously ill in his bed, shortly before he died | 1935 | Photograph |
| Kettle with lid | 1923 | Sculpture or object |
| Komposition mit einer Figur | after 1930 | Drawing |
| Konstruktion | around 1915 | Drawing |
| Kop van een boer, kruis, en landschap | 1928-1929 | Drawing |
| Kop van een boerenmeisje | 1912 | Painting |
| Kop van een boerenvrouw | 1913 | Drawing |
| Kopf | 1930 | Drawing |
| Kopf | around 1930 | Drawing |
| Kostüm für das Stück 'Maskenball' | 1913 | Drawing |
| Krestyanka (Boerenvrouw) | 1913 | |
| Krestyanka idet po vodu (Boerin haalt water) | 1913 | |
| Kubisme 25. Avtoportret (Kubisme 25. Zelfportret) | 1913 | Drawing |
| Kubisme 6. Wandklok | 1913 | Drawing |
| Kubisme 9. Molitva (Kubisme 9. Gebed) | 1913 | Drawing |
| Kubistische compositie | ca 1925 | Drawing |
| Kubistische figuur staand op de rug gezien | 1912-1913 (versie ca. 1925) | Drawing |
| Kubofuturistische compositie met piano | 1913-1914 | Painting |
| Kubosuprematismus | 1916/1920 | Drawing |
| Kuppel des Volkshauses in Leningrad | 1931 | Drawing |
| Lamp - Musical Instruments | Δεκαετία 1920 | Photograph |
| Lamp / Muziekinstrumenten | 1913 | Painting |
| Landscape | 1911 | Painting |
| Landscape | c. 1906 | Painting |
| Landscape with a White House | 1928–1929 in Gasper-Hulvat 2012; Christie’s groups work with early-1930s landscapes | Painting |
| Landscape with a Yellow House (Winter Landscape) | c. 1906 | Painting |
| Landscape with Five Houses | 1928–1929 | Painting |
| Landscape with house | c. 1905-1906 | Painting |
| Landschaft | around 1933/34 | Other |
| Landschaft (Der Winter) (Landscape (Winter)) | after 1927 | Painting |
| Lauf | 1917 | Drawing |
| Let's Grumble (Vozropshchem) | 1913 | Book |
| Liggende naakte vrouw met twee spelende kinderen | 1908 | Drawing |
| Lopende man met zaag onder de arm | ca. 1928-1929 | Drawing |
| Maaiende vrouw | 1913 | Drawing |
| Maaiende vrouw | 1913 | Drawing |
| Maaiende vrouw | 1913 | Drawing |
| Maaiende vrouw | 1912-1913 | Drawing |
| Magnetic construction | Drawing | |
| Magnetisch architectonische compositie | ca. 1920 (versie 1925-1926) | Drawing |
| Magnetischer Suprematismus | 1916 | Drawing |
| Male Portrait | 1933–1934 | Painting |
| Malevich archief | 1913-1927 | Other |
| Malevich with his students (UNOVIS) | Μάιος 1922 | Photograph |
| Man met zak | 1910-1911 | Painting |
| Manifesto handbill for the 0.10 exhibition | 1915 | Book |
| Mann in suprematistischer Landschaft | um 1930 - 31 | Painting |
| Mann mit Pferd | 1933 | Drawing |
| Manuscript with drawings, Page 27, 1 July 1916 | 1916 | Other |
| Maternity. Woman in Birth | 1908 | Drawing |
| Moederschap / Overvloed | 1910 | Painting |
| Morning in the Village after Snowstorm | 1912 | Painting |
| Muziekinstrument | 1913 | Drawing |
| Muziekinstrumenten | 1913-1914 | Drawing |
| Mystic Suprematism (Black Cross on Red Oval) | 1920–22 | Painting |
| Mysticus | 1930 | Drawing |
| Mystiek suprematisme (rood kruis op zwarte cirkel) | 1920-1922 | Other |
| Naakt met geheven handen | 1908 | Drawing |
| Nachtwandeling | 1909-1910 | Drawing |
| Nu i tresk-zhe, nu i grom-zhe byl ot niemtsev podlie Lomzhi. | 1914/1918? | |
| O Novykh Sistemakh V Iskusstve (On New Systems in Art) | 1919. (Prints executed 1910-1919). | Book |
| O novykh sistemakh v iskusstve. Statika i skorost' | 1919 | Other |
| O novykh systemakh v iskusstve. Statika i skorost' ( On New Systems in Art: Statics and Speed ) | 1919 | Book |
| O novykh systemakh v iskusstve: Statika i skorost’ (On New Systems in Art: Statics and Speed), Vitebsk | 1919 | Book |
| Ohne Titel | around 1904-1908 | Drawing |
| Ohne Titel | 1916 | Drawing |
| Ohne Titel | around 1931 | Drawing |
| Ohne Titel | 1916 | Drawing |
| Ohne Titel | around 1916 | Drawing |
| Ohne Titel (Untitled) | 1917–1930 | Drawing |
| Omslag van A. Kruchenykh en V. Khlebnikov, Igra v adu (Een spel in de hel) | 1913-1914 | |
| Omslag van Sezd Komitetov Derevenskoi Bednoty (Congres van Comités van Armoede op het Platteland) | 1918 | |
| Omslag van Troe (Het drietal) | 1913 | |
| Omslagontwerp voor Internatsional iskusstva (Internationale van de kunst) | 1918 | |
| Omslagontwerp voor N.N. Punin, Pervy tsikl lektsii (Eerste cyclus van lezingen) | 1920 | Drawing |
| Omslagontwerp voor Troe (Het drietal) | 1913 | Drawing |
| Ontwerp voor een architecton type 'Alfa' | ca 1925-1926 | Drawing |
| Ontwerp voor een architecton type Alfa | 1925-1929 | Drawing |
| Ontwerp voor een monument | ca. 1932-1933 | Drawing |
| Ontwerp voor een monument | ca. 1932-1933 | Drawing |
| Ontwerp voor een monument | ca. 1932-1933 | Drawing |
| Oogstende vrouwen/Het binnenhalen van de rogge II | 1912 | Other |
| Op de boulevard | 1910 | Painting |
| Opdoemende kruisvorm | 1917-1918 | Drawing |
| Ornements suprématistes | 1927 / 1978 | Sculpture or object |
| Ot kubizma i futurizma k suprematizmu. Novyi zhivopisnyi realizm (From Cubism and Futurism to Suprematism: New Painterly Realism) | 1916 | Book |
| Ot kubizma k suprematizmu. Novy zhivopisny realizm | 1916 | Other |
| Ot Sezanna do Suprematizma. Kritichesky ocherk | 1920 | Book |
| Ot Sezanna do Suprematizma. Kritichesky ocherk. | 1920 | Other |
| Paard en koets in beweging | 1913 | Drawing |
| Painterly Realism of a Boy with a Knapsack - Color Masses in the Fourth Dimension | 1915 | Painting |
| Painterly Realism of a Football Player—Color Masses in the 4th Dimension | Summer/fall 1915 | Painting |
| Patriotic poster against the Germans | 1914 | |
| Patriotic Poster Against the Germans | 1914 | |
| Patriotic Poster Against the Germans | 1914 | |
| Patriotic Poster Against the Germans | ||
| Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Mayakovsky | 1914 | Book |
| Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Mayakovsky | 1914 | Book |
| Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Mayakovsky | 1914 | Book |
| Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Mayakovsky | 1914 | Book |
| Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Mayakovsky | 1914 | Book |
| Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Mayakovsky | 1914 | Book |
| Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Mayakovsky | 1914 | Book |
| Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Mayakovsky | 1914 | Book |
| Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Mayakovsky | 1914 | Book |
| Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Mayakovsky | 1914 | Book |
| Patriotic propaganda postcard with verse by Vladimir Mayakovsky | 1914 | Book |
| Patriotic propaganda postcards with verse by Vladimir Mayakovsky | 1914 | Book |
| Paysanne | [1912 / 1932] | Drawing |
| Paysanne et deux enfants | [1911 / avant 1930] | Drawing |
| Peasant | Between 1930–1932 | Painting |
| Peasant bringing Water | 1912 (Thema), 1920er Jahre (Ausführung) | Drawing |
| Peasant in a Field | 1928–1929 | Painting |
| Peasant Woman | Early 1930s | Painting |
| Peasants | c. 1930 | Painting |
| Peasants | circa 1928 (NGA); 1928–1929 (Gasper-Hulvat) | Painting |
| Perfected Portrait of Ivan Kliun | 1913 | Painting |
| Peruyi Tsikl Lektsii | 1920 | Book |
| 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 |
| Plan d'éléments d'architectone | [après 1924] | Drawing |
| Planetaire constructie (magnetische kruisvorm) | 1916-1917 (ontwikkeld 1920-1922, latere versie (voor 1927)) | Drawing |
| Planetary-Architectural Suprematism | 1919-1920 | Drawing |
| Plate (folio 17) from Vzorval' (Explodity) | 1913 | Book |
| Plate (folio 21) from Igra v adu (A Game in Hell) | 1913–14, published 1914 | Book |
| Plate (folio 22) from Vzorval' (Explodity) | 1913 | Book |
| Po utru iz Lvova vyshli | 1914 | |
| Pobeda nad solntsem. Opera (Victory over the Sun: An Opera) | 1913 | Book |
| Podoshel kolbasnik k Lodzi | 1914 | Drawing |
| Pokhoronnoe byuro (Begrafeniskantoor) | 1914-1915 | Drawing |
| Porosiata | Saint Petersburg: 1913 | Book |
| Porosiata (Piglets) | 1913 | Book |
| Portrait of a Youth | 1933 | Painting |
| Portrait of M. V. Matyushin | 1913 in gallery-magazine object record; 1913–14 in Tretyakov education page | Painting |
| Portrait of the Artist’s Wife | 1933 | Painting |
| Portret M.V. Matyushina (Portret van M.V. Matyushin) | 1913 | Drawing |
| Portret stroitelya usovershenstvovan (Verbeterd portret van een bouwer) | 1913 | Drawing |
| Portret van de vader van de kunstenaar | ca 1902-1903 | Painting |
| Portret van een jonge vrouw (waarschijnlijk Sofia Rafalovitch) | 1908-1909 | Drawing |
| Portret van een man (Aleksei Morgunov?) | 1912 | Other |
| Portret van M.V. Matyushin | 1913 | Drawing |
| Prayer | 1913 | Drawing |
| Prayer | 1913 | |
| Prayer | Study for a fresco painting. 1907 | Painting |
| Prayer (plate, folio 19) from Vzorval' (Explodity) | 1913–14, published 1914 | Book |
| Primitiv (Schuhmacher) | 1910 | Drawing |
| Prografachnik | 1916 | Drawing |
| Projekt einer kosmischen Anlage | around 1917 | Drawing |
| Quadrat und Oval | 1915/1916 | Drawing |
| Quadrat und Viereck | 1914-1915 | Drawing |
| Red Cavalry | c. 1932 | Painting |
| Red House | 1932 | Painting |
| Red Square | Undated | Drawing |
| Red Square. Painterly Realism of a Peasant Woman in Two Dimensions | 1915 | Painting |
| Reicher Mann | around 1910 | Drawing |
| Relaxing (Society in Top Hats) | 1908 | Drawing |
| Reservist of the First Division | fall-winter 1914 | Painting |
| Roar!: Gauntlets of 1908-1914 (Riav!: Perchatki 1908-1914) | 1914 | Book |
| Rotes Quadrat auf Schwarz | around 1922 | Other |
| Samovar | 1913 | Painting |
| 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 | |
| Schets vooor de opera Voyna (Oorlog): Topor molodets ne brekhal (de jongeman Topor heeft niet gelogen) | 1918 | Drawing |
| Schets voor de opera Voyna (Oorlog): Bas, day stakan (Bas, geef me een glas) | 1918 | Drawing |
| Schets voor de opera Voyna (Oorlog): gekruisigde tegen een lichte achtergrond | 1918 | Drawing |
| Schets voor de opera Voyna (Oorlog): gekruisigde tegen een zwarte achtergrond | 1918 | Drawing |
| Schets voor de opera Voyna (Oorlog): interieur met figuur en hangend kruisbeeld | 1918 | Drawing |
| Schets voor de opera Voyna (Oorlog): Odin tikho (een stille) | 1918 | Drawing |
| Schets voor een architectonische structuur | 1920-1921 (versie 1923-1924) | Drawing |
| Schetsboekomslag | Drawing | |
| Schneider, Allogismus, Aushang | around 1915 | Drawing |
| Schnitter | 1909-1910 | Drawing |
| Schnitterinnen | 1909-1910 | Drawing |
| Schnitterinnen (Reapers) | 1909–1910 | Drawing |
| Schwarzes Viereck | 1914-1915 | Drawing |
| Scène uit Anathema | 1909-1910 | |
| Segodnyashnye sooruzheniya | 1920 (versie 1923-1924) | Drawing |
| Segodnyashnye sooruzheniya | 1923-1924 / 2010 | Other |
| Selected Verse, 1907–1914 (Izbornik stikhov, 1907-1914) | 1915 | Book |
| Self-Portrait | Study for a fresco painting. 1907 | Painting |
| Self-Portrait | 1910–1911 | Drawing |
| Self-Portrait (Artist) | 1933 | Painting |
| Shel avstriec v Radzivily | 1914 | |
| Sieg über die Sonne 1913-1973 | 1973 | |
| Sieg über die Sonne 1913-1973 | 1973 / 2010 | Other |
| Simultaneous Death in an Airplane and at the Railway | (1913) | |
| Simultaneous Death of a Man in an Airplane and on the Railroad (plate, folio 15) from Vzorval' (Explodity) | 1913–14, published 1914 | Book |
| Sketch for "Vertical Suprematist Construction»" | Undated | Drawing |
| Sketch for a Stage Curtain for the Opera Victory over the Sun | 1928 | Drawing |
| Sketch for Agit-Train | περ. 1918 | Drawing |
| Slovo Kak Takavoe (The Word as Such) | 1913 | Book |
| Slovo kak takovoe (The Word as Such) | 1913 | Book |
| Smert cheloveka odnovremmeno na aeroplane i zhel. doroge (De gelijktijdige dood van een man in een vliegtuig en op de spoorlijn) | 1913 | |
| Sportsmen | 1928–1932 | Painting |
| Square and Cone | 1915 | Drawing |
| Staande boer | 1928-1929 | Drawing |
| Staande boer met emmer | 1930-1932 | Drawing |
| Staande boer met zeis bij het hooien | 1928-1929 | Drawing |
| Staande duivel | 1913-1914 | |
| Staande figuur | 1927 | Drawing |
| Staande mannenfiguur | 1930-1931 | Drawing |
| Staande vrouw en man Kop en schouders Vijf figuren met twee suprematistische elementen | 1918 (latere versie) | Drawing |
| Staande vrouw met de armen over elkaar | ca 1930 | Drawing |
| Standing Figure | 1913 | Drawing |
| Standing Woman | circa 1930 | Drawing |
| Stikhi V. Maiakovskogo. Vypyt (The Poetry of V. Mayakovsky. [Vypyt]) | 1914 | Book |
| Still Life | c. 1910 | Drawing |
| Stroyuschiysya dom [House under construction] | 1915–16 (museum); reverse inscription 1914 distinguished from execution date | Painting |
| Studie für das Gemälde 'Die Rote Kavallerie' | 1930 | Drawing |
| Studie nach Picasso. Entwurf für das Bauhausbuch 'Die Gegenstandslose Welt' | 1926/1927 | Drawing |
| Studie nach Picasso. Entwurf für das Bauhausbuch 'Die Gegenstandslose Welt' | 1926/1927 | Drawing |
| Study for the rear curtain for Victory over the Sun | 1913 | Drawing |
| Study for the rear curtain for Victory over the Sun | 1913 | Drawing |
| Summer Landscape (Zomerlandschap) | circa 1929 | Painting |
| Suprematicheskoe postroenie N 118 (Suprematistische constructie nr. 118) | 1917-1918 (versie 1920) | Drawing |
| Suprematisch kruis (klein kruis in zwart over rood op wit) | 1920-1927 | Other |
| Suprematism | 1915 | Drawing |
| Suprematism | 1915 | Painting |
| Suprematism | 1915–1916 | Painting |
| Suprematism (Supremus No. 56) | 1915-16 | Painting |
| Suprematism (Supremus No. 58) | 1916 | Painting |
| Suprematism, 18th Construction | 1915 (artist's reverse inscription reads 1914) | Painting |
| Suprematisme | 1917-1918 | Drawing |
| Suprematisme van de geest | 1919 | Other |
| Suprematisme. Oplossende constructie, vorm 78 | 1918 (latere versie (1927)) | Drawing |
| Suprematisme: Compositie 5 c | 1915-1917 | Drawing |
| Suprematisme: drie overlappende rechthoeken | 1916-1917 (latere versie) | Drawing |
| Suprematisme: drie snijdende vlakken, vervagend | 1917-1918 | Drawing |
| Suprematisme: elementen in wisselwerking, vervagend | 1917-1918 | Drawing |
| Suprematisme: formatie van rechthoeken | 1916 (latere versie) | Drawing |
| Suprematisme: formatie van rechthoeken en vierkanten van verschillende grootte | 1916 (latere versie) | Drawing |
| Suprematisme: formatie van rechthoeken van verschillende grootte | 1916 (latere versie) | Drawing |
| Suprematisme: gevoelens van angst | 1917-1919 | Drawing |
| Suprematisme: in tweeën | 1917-1919 | Drawing |
| Suprematisme: krommingen en bogen | 1917-1918 | Drawing |
| Suprematisme: magnetische rechthoeken in stervorm Vier kaderlijnen | 1917-1919 | Drawing |
| Suprematisme: magnetische staven | 1917 | Drawing |
| Suprematisme: ovaal en rechthoek Twee staande vrouwen in een landschap Man met hoed (zogenaamd portret van Larionov?) Boer Vier figuren | 1916-1917 (latere versie) | Drawing |
| Suprematisme: Ovaal, boog en rechthoeken | 1917 | Drawing |
| Suprematisme: twee snijdende vlakken, vervagend | 1917-1918 | Drawing |
| Suprematisme: twee snijdende vlakken, vervagend Suprematisme: drie snijdende vlakken, vervagend | 1917-1918 | Drawing |
| Suprematisme: zwart vierkant en witte rechthoek met rode strepen | 1917-1919 | Drawing |
| Suprematismus | 1912-1913 | Drawing |
| Suprematist Composition | 1915 | Drawing |
| Suprematist composition | c. 1916 | Drawing |
| Suprematist Composition | 1916 | Photograph |
| Suprematist Composition | 1916 | Painting |
| Suprematist Composition with Plane in Projection | 1915 | Painting |
| Suprematist Composition: Airplane Flying | 1915 (dated on reverse 1914) | Painting |
| Suprematist Composition: White on White | 1918 | Painting |
| Suprematist Diagonal Construction 79 | 1917 | Drawing |
| Suprematist Drawing | (c. 1916-17) | Drawing |
| Suprematist Drawing | (c. 1916-17) | Drawing |
| Suprematist Element: Circle | (1923) | Drawing |
| Suprematist Elements: Squares | 1923 | Drawing |
| Suprematist interior decoration | 1920-1921 | Drawing |
| Suprematist Painting | 1916-17 | Painting |
| Suprematistisch schilderij (met zwart trapezium en rood vierkant) | 1915 | Other |
| Suprematistische compositie | 1915 (versie 1920-1927) | Drawing |
| Suprematistische compositie (met acht rode rechthoeken) | 1915 | Painting |
| Suprematistische compositie (met blauwe driehoek en zwarte rechthoek) | 1915 | Painting |
| Suprematistische compositie (met gele, oranje en groene rechthoek) | 1915-1916 | Other |
| Suprematistische Elemente im Raum | 1914-1915 | Drawing |
| Suprematistische Komposition | 1915-1916 | Drawing |
| Suprematistische Komposition | 1915/1916 | Drawing |
| Suprematistische Komposition (Suprematist Composition) | 1915 | Painting |
| Suprematistische schets | 1915-1920 | Drawing |
| Suprematistische Zeichnung (Plan eines Erdflugplatzes) | 1927 | Drawing |
| Suprematistisches Architekton | around 1926 | Sculpture or object |
| Suprematizm. 34 risunka | 1920 | |
| Suprematizm. 34 risunka (Suprematism: 34 Drawings) | 1920 | Book |
| Supremus No. 18 | 1916–1917 | Drawing |
| Supremus nr 51 | 1916 (versie 1920-1927) | Drawing |
| Supremus Nr. 38 | 1916 | Other |
| Supremus nr. 50 | 1915 | Other |
| Supremus nr. 58 | 1916 (versie begin jaren 1920) | Drawing |
| Sushchestvuet énergiya v sushchestve kot | ca. 1923 | Other |
| Sämann | 1910/1912 | Drawing |
| Tenhemelopneming van een heilige | 1907-1908 | Drawing |
| The Triumph of Heaven | 1907 | Painting |
| The UNOVIS way (Put' Unovisa) | Ιανουάριος 1921 | |
| The Word As Such (Slovo kak takovoe) | 1913 | Book |
| Third State of Being | designed in 1915, made in the 1920s | Drawing |
| Three Female Figures | Early 1930s | Painting |
| Threesome (Troe) | 1913 | Book |
| Thèmes pour des monuments architecturaux dans des parcs et sur des places | 1927 / 1978 | Sculpture or object |
| Tizian | around 1930 | Drawing |
| Tochil’schik Printsip Mel’kaniia (The Knife Grinder or Principle of Glittering) | 1912–13 | Painting |
| Toekomstige planits voor Leningrad. Het huis van de vliegenier | 1924 | Drawing |
| Toekomstige planits, huizen voor aardbewoners | 1920-1921 (versie 1923-1924) | Drawing |
| Toneelontwerp voor akte 1, scène 4 van Overwinning op de zon | 1913 | Drawing |
| Toneelontwerp voor Overwinning op de zon | 1913 (versie 1915) | Drawing |
| Torse féminin | [1908 / avant 1930] | Drawing |
| Torso (Figure with a Pink Face) | 1928–1929 | Painting |
| Torso (Prototype of a New Image) | 1928–1929 | Painting |
| Torso in a Yellow Shirt (Complicated Premonition) | c. 1932 | Painting |
| Transrationele compositie: geluiden | 1913 | Drawing |
| Trees | circa 1904 | Painting |
| Triple Portrait | Study for Socialist City (unexecuted). 1933 | Painting |
| Troe (The Three) | 1913 | Book |
| Troe (The Three) | 1913 | Book |
| Trois croix | vers 1930 - 1932 | Drawing |
| Trois dessins : tête de femme, buste et visage | [1908 / avant 1930] | Drawing |
| Troye | 1913 | Other |
| Tvorchestvo ne mozhet byt' svobodno | ca. 1923 | Other |
| Tvorchestvo ne mozhet byt' svobodno | ca. 1923 | Other |
| Twee duivels die een vrouw doormidden zagen | 1913-1914 | |
| Twee mannen in beweging | 1917-1918 of ca. 1930 | Drawing |
| Twee naakte vrouwen peren plukkend | 1909 | Painting |
| Twee vrouwen en een man tegen een lage horizon | 1930 | Drawing |
| Two figures with a stretcher | ca. 1930-1931 | Drawing |
| Two Male Figures | Early 1930s | Painting |
| Tête noire | vers 1930 | Drawing |
| Universal Landscape | 1913 | |
| UNOVIS Questionnaire | 1920 | |
| Untitled | 1920 | Drawing |
| Untitled | c. 1920 | |
| Untitled | αχρονολόγητο | |
| Untitled | Undated | Drawing |
| Untitled | Undated | Drawing |
| Untitled | 1913? | Drawing |
| Untitled (Suprematist Composition) | circa 1919–1926 | Drawing |
| Untitled (Suprematist Composition) | circa 1919–1926 | Drawing |
| Untitled (Suprematist Cross) | 1920, printed 1973 | |
| Untitled, Illustration for the book by Aleksei Kruchenykh and Velimir Khlebnikov "Igra v Adu»" (2nd edition, Moscow 1914) | 1913 | |
| Verdwijnend geel vlak | 1917-1918 | Painting |
| Verdwijnende constructie (diagonale balk met drie bogen in wit) | ca. 1917 | Other |
| Verdwijnende witte vlakken | 1917-1918 | Other |
| Verklarende kaarten over de theorie van het additionele of toegevoegde element in de schilderkunst | 1927 | Drawing |
| Verticale constructie, suprematisme | 1919-1920 (versie 1920-1925) | Drawing |
| Vier figuren in een landschap | ca. 1928-1930 | Drawing |
| Vijf geketende figuren op de rug gezien, geflankeerd door twee bewakers | 1910-1911 | Drawing |
| Vil'gel'mova Karusel' (Wilhelm's Carousel) | 1914 | |
| Vloerboeners | 1911 | Drawing |
| Voorstudie voor het omslag van het programma van het Congres van Comités van Armoede op het Platteland | 1918 | Drawing |
| Voorstudie voor het omslag van het programma van het Congres van Comités van Armoede op het Platteland | 1918 | Drawing |
| Voorstudie voor het omslag van Sezd Komitetov Derevenskoi Bednoty (Congres van Comités van Armoede op het Platteland) | 1918 | Drawing |
| Voorstudie voor het omslag van Sezd Komitetov Derevenskoi Bednoty (Congres van Comités van Armoede op het Platteland) | 1918 | Drawing |
| Voyna (Oorlog) | 1914 | Drawing |
| Vozropshchem (Let's Grumble) | 1913 | Book |
| Vrouw bij tramhalte | 1913-1914 | Other |
| Vrouw in lange jurk met kind | 1930 | Drawing |
| Vrouw met de armen over elkaar | 1931-1932 | Drawing |
| Vrouw met krant op schoot | 1904 | Other |
| Vrouw omgeven door vruchten | 1909 | Painting |
| Vrouwelijke figuur met uitgespreide armen | 1930? | Drawing |
| Vrouwenfiguur | 1909 | Drawing |
| Vrouwenfiguur met gespreide armen | 1930-1931 | Drawing |
| Vrouwenfiguur, vis, cirkel, kruis | ca. 1928-1930 | Drawing |
| Vsemirny peyzazh (Universeel landschap) | 1913 | Drawing |
| Vzorval | 1913 | Book |
| Vzorval' (Explodity) | 1913 | Book |
| Vzorval' (Explodity) | 1913 | Book |
| Vzorval' (Explodity) | 1913–14, published 1914 | Book |
| Wachthuisje, drie kruisen | ca 1930-1931 | Drawing |
| What a Rattle | 1914 | |
| Wilhelm Carousel | 1914 | |
| Windmills | ca. 1909-1910 | Painting |
| Wit suprematistisch kruis | 1920-1921 | Painting |
| Woman Reaper (front cover) from Slovo Kak Takavoe (The Word as Such) | 1913 | Book |
| Woman with Pails: Dynamic Arrangement | 1912-13 (dated on reverse 1912) | Painting |
| Woman Worker | 1933 | Painting |
| Women Bathers | Circa 1930 | Painting |
| Women Reapers (The Reapers) | 1928–1929; 1905 inscription separately documented by Gasper-Hulvat 2012 | Painting |
| Wraparound cover for the program S'ezd komitetov derevenskoi bednoty (Congress of Committees of Peasant Poverty) | 1918 | Book |
| Wäscherin | 1909-1910 | Drawing |
| Ya apostol novykh ponyaty b iskusstve (Ik, de apostel van nieuwe begrippen in de kunst | 1916 | Drawing |
| Zelfportret in twee dimensies | 1915 | Painting |
| Zeta | 1923 / 1978 | Sculpture or object |
| Zhnitsa (Maaiende vrouw) | 1913 | Drawing |
| Zittend naakt op de rug gezien | 1907-1908 | Drawing |
| Zwei Schwestern | around 1904-1906 | Drawing |
| «Живо заняли мы Галич...». | 1914 | |
| «Ну и треск же, ну и гром же...» | 1914 | |
| «Подошел колбасник к Лодзи...» | 1914 | |
| Весна – цветущий сад | 1928–1929 | Painting |
| Вильгельмова карусель | 1914 | |
| Голова крестьянина | Конец 1920-х | Drawing |
| Девочка под деревом. Этюд | 1932–1933 | Painting |
| Девушка с гребнем в волосах | 1932–1933 | Painting |
| Девушка с красным древком | 1932–1933 | Painting |
| Деревня. Три рисунка | 1928-1929 | Drawing |
| Динамический супрематизм | 1920 | Drawing |
| Динамический супрематизм. Аэроплан летит | 1920 | |
| Доктор Мабузо. Образец киноплаката | 1925–1926 | Painting |
| Ескіз розпису конференц-залу ВУАН в Києві (Sketch for the painting of the conference hall of the All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kyiv) | 1930 | Drawing |
| Женщина с граблями | 1930-1931 | Painting |
| Композиция с двумя прямоугольниками | 1920 | Drawing |
| Крестьянка | 1928-1929 | Drawing |
| Кубофутуризм. Динамическое ощущение натурщика. Авторская реплика композиций 1911 и 1919 года | Вторая половина 1920-х | Drawing |
| Кубофутуристический пейзаж | 1913 | Drawing |
| Лубок. «Вильгельмова карусель» | 1914 | |
| Лубок. «Глядь, поглядь, уж близко Висла» | 1914 | |
| Лубок. «Подошел колбасник к Лодзи» | 1914 | |
| Лубок. «Шел австриец в Радзивиллы» | 1914 | |
| На сенокосе | 1928-1929 | Painting |
| Пейзаж под Киевом | 1930 | Painting |
| Плащаница | 1908 | Drawing |
| Портрет А.А. Лепорской | Около 1933 | Painting |
| Портрет В.А. Павлова | 1933 | Painting |
| Портрет жены | 1934 | Painting |
| Портрет Н. Н. Пунина | 1933 | Painting |
| Портрет ударника (Краснознаменец Жарновский) | 1932 | Painting |
| Почтовая карточка «По утру из Львова вышли...» | 1914 | |
| Почтовая карточка. «Ах ты, милый город Люблин...» | 1914 | |
| Почтовая карточка. «Выезжали мы за Млаву...» | 1914 | |
| Почтовая карточка. «Выезжали мы из Ковны...» | 1914 | |
| Почтовая карточка. «Глядь, по глядь, уж близко Висла...» | 1914 | |
| Почтовая карточка. «Как заехали за Лык..» | 1914 | |
| Почтовая карточка. «Не ходи австриец плутом...» | 1914 | |
| Почтовая карточка. «Ну и треск, да ну и гром же...» | 1914 | |
| Почтовая карточка. «Скоро, скоро будем в Краков...» | 1914 | |
| Почтовая карточка. «Шел австриец в Радзивилы...» | 1914 | |
| Почтовые карточки | 1914 | |
| Принцип росписи стены | 1919 | Drawing |
| Сестры | 1930 | Painting |
| Смерть конного генерала | 1914 | Drawing |
| Станция без остановки. Кунцево | 1913-1914 | Painting |
| Супрематизм | 1920 | Drawing |
| Супрематизм | 1919 | Drawing |
| Супрематизм. Композиция с кругом | 1917-1918 | Drawing |
| Супрематическая композиция | 1917-1918 | Drawing |
| Три супрематических композиции | Начало 1920-х | Drawing |
| Туалетная шкатулка | 1913-1914 | Painting |
| Чашка (получашка) | 1923 | Sculpture or object |
| Чашка (получашка) «Супрематизм» | 1923 | Sculpture or object |
| Черный квадрат | 1929 | Painting |
| Черный квадрат (Black Square) | 1913 / circa 1932 in formal field; circa 1930–32 in museum essay | Painting |
| Черный супрематический квадрат | 1915 | Painting |
| ‘aF’ forma obema (‘aF’ vorm van volume) | 1915, versie 1924 of 1926 | Drawing |
Frequently asked questions
Did Malevich really say “the square equals feeling”?
MoMA attributes that compact English formulation to him in a label on its Suprematism: 34 Drawings page. The label does not specify the original Russian passage or translator, so the English line should be cited through MoMA rather than assigned to an exact 1915 page. [3]
Is “zero of form” from the first Black Square painting?
MoMA attributes a longer passage containing those words to a leaflet circulated at the 1915 0.10 exhibition. It is a printed or spoken claim in the painting's exhibition context, not wording painted on the canvas. [1]
Why did the old list of quotes become shorter?
The former page omitted sources and translations for all twenty nonempty attributed lines. Four short museum-attested English extracts are now accompanied by their source trail and explanation. Other lines remain in the research audit until their original publication and translation can be established. [1], [2], [3], [5]
Does “feeling” mean private emotion?
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References
- MoMA, Suprematist Composition: Airplane Flying, 248.1935: short English extract attributed to the December 1915 0.10 leaflet; exact painting context. View source.
- MoMA, Suprematist Composition: White on White, 817.1935: 2013 and 2015 gallery labels, 2019 publication excerpt, and the English phrases used here. View source.
- MoMA, Suprematism: 34 Drawings, 82.2001: 1920 printed book and museum-transmitted black-square formulation. View source.
- Heidelberg University Library, 1927 Die gegenstandslose Welt, especially printed p. 65: German-language context, OCR only for the page discussed. View source.
- Malevich Society, writings published in his lifetime: edition and publication chronology, not passage-level verification. View source.
- National Library of Estonia DIGAR, 1916 third-edition facsimile, PDF: directly inspected Russian title page and selected pages, paraphrased rather than quoted. View source.
- Aleksandra Shatskikh, critical-edition notes on the 1916 text: substantial rewriting despite the edition label. View source.
- State Tretyakov Gallery, first Black Square, inv. 11925: dated physical painting. View source.
- Aleksandra Shatskikh, critical-edition context for the 1915 text: earlier publication; physical 1915 pamphlet not directly inspected here. View source.
- Splash image: Kazimir Malevich, Black Square, 1915, State Tretyakov Gallery. Owner-supplied high-resolution image of the painting; the quoted texts below are separate historical sources.
