Russian painter (1879-1935) who was a pioneer of geometric abstract art and the originator of the avant-garde, Suprematist movement. DS in Cyrillic, signed “K. Malevich,” one page both sides, 8.5 x 13.75, April 1, 1926. Typed receipt for the transference of eight works of art from the Petrograd State Institute of Artistic Culture to R. A. Andreev and I. E. Pecherskii. Signed at the conclusion in blue ink, "Confirmed, K. Malevich, 1/4 26," and countersigned by both Andreev and Pecherskii. In fine condition, with scattered light creasing. In the spring of 1923, Malevich assumed position as the director of the Petrograd State Institute of Artistic Culture (GINKhUK). The state-sponsored museum exhibited the work of many prominent Soviet artists, but Malevich's direction attracted too many abstract, Modernist artists and the Leningrad Pravda forced its disbandment in 1926 due to 'counterrevolutionary sermonizing and artistic debauchery.' When the museum was forced to close, its inventory was quickly liquidated between March and April 1926, which led to the return of much artwork to the original artists.
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