A Peasant Woman Goes for Water 1913

Kazimir Malevich's "A Peasant Woman Goes for Water" (1913) is a charcoal drawing that exemplifies the artist's early exploration of Cubist principles. The work depicts a figure, possibly a peasant woman, through geometric shapes and fragmented forms, creating an abstract interpretation of human form. The use of stark black and white and the breakdown of the subject into simple geometric components contribute to the work's overall sense of dynamism and abstraction. Malevich's use of geometric simplification would eventually lead to his groundbreaking development of Suprematism, a revolutionary artistic movement that rejected representational art altogether.