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About this work

You see a jumble of shapes—triangles, rectangles, and squiggly lines—pressed onto paper in black ink. Words in Russian run along the bottom, like a caption for a cartoon. This print was part of a cheap, popular booklet called *Segodniashnii lubok*, meant to be read and tossed. Malevich and poet Vladimir Mayakovsky made it together, mixing bold shapes with sharp poetry. It feels like a doodle you’d see on a subway wall today. If you like how simple shapes can feel alive, look up lithography.