Untitled

Untitled

Kazimir Malevich

1916

graphite

From the collection of Museum of Modern Art

About this work

This sketch shows a big black cross on a hill. Around it, floating in the air, are small shapes—some look like boxes, others like rectangles or sticks. The lines are drawn with pencil, simple and rough. The big cross isn’t just a cross—it’s the main thing in the picture. Everything else feels small by comparison, like it’s just there to show how big the cross is. Look up cross-hatching next to see how artists use lines to create shapes.

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