Κίτρινη Κανάτα

About this work

You see a yellow pitcher on a plain wooden table against a dark, flat background. This painting was made in Moscow around 1913, right after Udaltsova returned from Paris. She had just spent months studying Cubism—breaking objects into sharp angles and overlapping planes. Here, the pitcher is simplified into geometric shapes, but it still feels solid and real. The brushwork is thick and direct, almost like she painted it in one sitting. Look up the technique called *impasto* to see how other artists used thick paint to build form.