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Suprematist Composition: White on White (1918) is an abstract oil-on-canvas painting by Kazimir Malevich. It is one of the more well-known examples of the Russian Suprematism movement, painted the year after the October Revolution.

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White on White
Artist	Kazimir Malevich
Year	1918
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	79.4 cm × 79.4 cm (31¼ in × 31¼ in)
Location	Museum of Modern Art, New York City[1]

Part of a series of "white on white" works begun by Malevich in 1916, the work depicts a white square, portrayed off-centre and at an angle on a ground which is also a white square of a slightly warmer tone. The work measures 79.5 by 79.5 centimetres (31.3 in × 31.3 in). Malevich dispenses with most of the characteristics of representational art, with no sense of colour, depth, or volume, leaving a simple monochrome geometrical shape, not precisely symmetrical, with imprecisely defined boundaries. Although the artwork is stripped of most detail, brush strokes are evident in this painting and the artist tried to make it look as if the tilted square is coming out of the canvas. Malevich intended the painting to evoke a feeling of floating, with the colour white symbolising infinity, and the slight tilt of the square suggesting movement.

A critic from the rival Constructivist movement quipped that it was the only good canvas in an exhibition by Malevich's UNOVIS group: "an absolutely pure, white canvas with a very good prime coating. Something could be done on it."

Malevich took the work to Berlin in 1927, where it was displayed at the Große Berliner Austellung. When he returned to Leningrad later that year, Malevich left it with the architect Hugo Häring; in 1930 he passed it on to Alexander Dorner, director of the Provinzialmuseum in Hanover, who put it into storage after the Nazi party came to power in 1933. Malevich did not ask for the work to be returned, and died in 1935 without leaving instructions on the inheritance of his estate. It was put on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1935, and added to the Museum's collection in 1963, and the acquisition was confirmed by the estate of Kazimir Malevich in 1999, using funds from the bequest of Mrs. John Hay Whitney.

See also

• Black Square (1915)

References

External links

• Suprematist Composition: White on White (1918), Alexandra Sokolova

На других языках

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- [en] White on White

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[es] Blanco sobre blanco

Blanco sobre blanco es una pintura abstracta de óleo sobre lienzo de Kazimir Malevich. Es uno de los ejemplos más conocidos del suprematismo. Fue pintado un año después de la Revolución de Octubre.

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[fr] Carré blanc sur fond blanc

Le Carré blanc sur fond blanc (titre original : Composition suprématiste : carré blanc sur fond blanc ; en russe : Супрематическая композиция - Белое на белом [Белый квадрат], Souprematitcheskaïa kompozitsia - Beloïé na belom [Bely kvadrat]) est une huile sur toile, peinte par Kasimir Malevitch en 1918. Appartenant au mouvement du suprématisme, elle consiste en un carré de couleur blanche, peint sur un fond d'un blanc légèrement différent.

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[ru] Белое на белом

«Белое на белом» («Белый квадрат», «Белый квадрат на белом фоне»[3]) — картина, написанная в 1918 году Казимиром Малевичем, принадлежит к направлению русской беспредметной живописи, названному Малевичем супрематизмом. Белый квадрат был одним из трёх супрематических квадратов Малевича, два других — чёрный и красный.

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