Kazimir Malevich · 1912-13
The Knifegrinder (Principle of Glittering)
Posters from $15.00 CAD · Canvas from $39.00 CAD
Ships across Canada
A moustached knife-grinder in a hat bends over his grinding wheel, his body and the workshop broken into interlocking cylinders and facets of blue, green, orange and silver that echo the glint of the blade. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven.
Up to 12 × 12 in · square
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
+ tax at checkout
Materials & quality
›Canvas & inks
Giclée-printed on archival cotton canvas with fade-resistant pigment inks, hand-stretched over wooden bars. Gallery-wrapped — ready to hang with no extra frame needed.
›Floater frame
Hand-finished solid wood floater frame in five finishes. The canvas sits inside with a clean shadow gap — the way galleries hang contemporary canvas.
›Posters
Premium archival paper — 200 gsm soft matte or 230 gsm vibrant glossy. Ships flat or rolled, ready for your own frame.
›Faithful to the source
Printed from the highest-resolution museum and archive scans available. Each painting's maximum size is capped at what its source scan can support at gallery quality.
The story of The Knifegrinder (Principle of Glittering)
Painted around 1912-13, during Malevich's Cubo-Futurist phase, and little documented. It was given to the Yale University Art Gallery in 1941 by the Collection Societe Anonyme.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kazimir Malevich
Kazimir Severinovich Malevich was a Russian avant-garde artist and art theorist, whose work and writings pioneered the development of abstract painting in the 20th century. He is best known as the founder of Suprematism, a radically non-objective form of painting he introduced in 1915.
All Kazimir Malevich prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
You may also like
Kazimir Malevich · 1915
Black Square
Mini
From $15.00 CAD
Kazimir Malevich · 1918
Suprematist Composition: White on White
Mini
From $15.00 CAD
Gustav Klimt · 1908
The Kiss
Mini · Petite · Small · Medium · Large
From $15.00 CAD
Gustav Klimt · 1907
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I
Mini · Petite
From $15.00 CAD
Gustav Klimt · 1909
Tree of Life (Stoclet Frieze)
Mini · Petite · Small · Medium · Large · Extra Large
From $15.00 CAD
Edvard Munch · 1893
The Scream
Mini · Petite · Small · Medium · Large
From $15.00 CAD