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Black Square, Second State

A work made of graphite on cream wove graph paper.

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  • A work made of graphite on cream wove graph paper.

Date:

1915/20

Artist:

Kazimir Malevich
Born Kyiv (formerly Russian Empire, now Ukraine), 1878-1935

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Kasimir Malevich

Title

Black Square, Second State

Place

Russia (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1915–1920

Medium

Graphite on cream wove graph paper

Dimensions

9.9 × 16.1 cm (3 15/16 × 6 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the Irving Stenn Jr. Drawings Collection in memory of Marcia Stenn

Reference Number

2014.1353

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