File:Malevich.black-square.jpg

Summary

Black Square (1915)

Artist



Alternative names	Russian: Казимир Северинович Малевич
Description	Russian painter, sculptor, printmaker, teacher, scenographer and costume designer
Date of birth/death	11 February 1879 (in Julian calendar) / 23 February 1879	15 May 1935
Location of birth/death	Kyiv	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Work location	Vitebsk; Berlin; Warsaw; Kursk; Moscow; Saint Petersburg
Authority file	: Q130777 VIAF: 14773228 ISNI: 0000000121214081 ULAN: 500004959 LCCN: n80028265 NLA: 35324132 WorldCat

Title

Беларуская: Чорны квадрат

Deutsch: Schwarzes Quadrat

English: Black Square

Object type

painting

Genre

abstract art

Date

1924

Medium

white oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 79.5 cm (31.2 in)

; width: 79.5 cm (31.2 in)

Collection

English: State Russian Museum

Current location

Saint Petersburg

Place of creation

Russian Empire

Exhibition history

0,10 Exhibition, Saint Petersburg, 19 December 1915 (in Julian calendar) - 17 January 1916 (in Julian calendar)

References

Source/Photographer

Unknown source

Other versions

Image:Malewitsch.jpg, Image:Black square.jpg

Licensing

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:

This work is in the public domain in Russia according to article 1281 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, articles 5 and 6 of Law No. 231-FZ of the Russian Federation of December 18, 2006 (the Implementation Act for Book IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation).

This usually means that one of the following conditions is fulfilled.

This work was originally published before January 1, 1930 and the known author of this work died:^[1]
- (a) before January 1, 1951 or
- (b) between January 1, 1951 and January 1, 1955, did not work during the Great Patriotic War and did not participate in it.
This work was originally published anonymously or under a pseudonym before January 1, 1930 and the name of the author did not become known during 50 years after publication, counted from January 1 of the year following the year of publication.
This work is a film (a video fragment or a single shot from it):
- (a) which was first shown before January 1, 1930^[2] or
- (b) which was created by legal entity between January 1, 1929 and January 1, 1930, provided that it was first shown in the stated period or was not shown until August 3, 1993.
This work is an information report (including photo report), which was created by an employee of TASS, ROSTA, or KarelfinTAG as part of that person’s official duties between July 10, 1925^[3] and January 1, 1930, provided that it was first released in the stated period.

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