The Knife Grinder

Kazimir Malevitj, 1912, Yale University Art Gallery

‘The Knife Grinder’ is a work by Kazimir Malevitj (Russia, 1879–1935). It is dated 1912. It is part of the collection Yale University Art Gallery. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The avant-garde’.

It is made of oil paint and canvas. It measures 80 × 80 cm. The things depicted include knife grinder.

The catalogue has 158 more works by Kazimir Malevitj.

• The avant-garde