1924
graphite
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1924 graphite by Kazimir Malevich, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This sketch shows a simple, angular building drawn in pencil. The lines are sharp and flat, with no shading—just black shapes against a light background. Some windows and steps are barely suggested, like afterthoughts. The paper has faint grid lines, and there’s a tiny extra drawing of a dome in the corner. The artist scribbled notes in Russian around the edges, maybe explaining what the building was for. The whole thing feels like a quick, rough plan rather than a finished drawing. If you like this style, check out cross-hatching next—it’s a technique that uses layers of lines to build up shapes.
Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (23 February 1879 – 15 May 1935) was a Russian avant-garde artist and art theorist, whose work and writings pioneered the development of abstract painting in the 20th century.
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