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Summary

Kazimir Malevich: Deutsch: Schwarzes Quadrat

English: Black Square

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Artist



Alternative names	Russian: Казимир Северинович Малевич
Description	Russian painter, sculptor, printmaker, teacher, scenographer and costume designer
Date of birth/death	11 February 1879 (in Julian calendar)	15 May 1935
Location of birth/death	Kyiv	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Work location	Vitebsk; Berlin; Warsaw; Kursk; Moscow; Saint Petersburg
Authority file	: Q130777 VIAF: 14773228 ISNI: 0000000121214081 ULAN: 500004959 LCCN: n80028265 NLA: 35324132 WorldCat

Title

Deutsch: Schwarzes Quadrat

English: Black Square

Collection

English: State Russian Museum

Current location

English: St. Petersburg

Notes

An interesting absurdity of copyright, which has a very low threshold of originality for fine art (in contrast to applied art/design), that this work was protected.

Source/Photographer

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Other versions

1915, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Licensing

This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:

This work is in the public domain in Russia according to article 1281 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, articles 5 and 6 of Law No. 231-FZ of the Russian Federation of December 18, 2006 (the Implementation Act for Book IV of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation).

This usually means that one of the following conditions is fulfilled.

This work was originally published before January 1, 1929 and the known author of this work died:^[1]
- (a) before January 1, 1950 or
- (b) between January 1, 1950 and January 1, 1954, did not work during the Great Patriotic War and did not participate in it.
This work was originally published anonymously or under a pseudonym before January 1, 1929 and the name of the author did not become known during 50 years after publication, counted from January 1 of the year following the year of publication.
This work is a film (a video fragment or a single shot from it), which was first shown before January 1, 1929.
This work is an information report (including photo report), which was created by an employee of TASS, ROSTA, or KarelfinTAG as part of that person’s official duties between July 10, 1925^[2] and January 1, 1929, provided that it was first released in the stated period.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
^[1] If the author of this work was subjected to repression and rehabilitated posthumously, replace the death date by the later rehabilitation date.
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File history

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	09:20, 22 July 2024	360 × 360 (4 KB)	JPxG	Cropped < 1 % horizontally, < 1 % areawise using CropTool with precise mode.
	09:16, 1 August 2006	361 × 360 (5 KB)	Rtc	(enwiki 15:06, 8 December 2004 Ghirlandajo)
	17:49, 6 September 2005	361 × 360 (5 KB)	Yelzin~commonswiki	Picture from soviet union Source: Sovietunion prior 1973 {{PD}} Category:Soviet union\