Framed Gouache, Abstract, Russian Early 20th Century

Attributed to a Bauhaus Student (Russian Avant-Garde Circle)
Untitled Composition
Gouache on handmade drawing paper
Russia/Germany, c. 1920s–1930s
Monogrammed "P.Q. XVI"
Framed: approx. 38 × 31 cm
This vibrant composition of layered geometric forms in red, orange, teal, ochre and black reflects the radical abstraction of the Russian avant-garde and Suprematist movements, echoing the formal language of artists such as El Lissitzky and Kazimir Malevich. Monogrammed "P.Q." and numbered within a series, the sheet is thought to originate from the circle of Russian émigrés associated with the Bauhaus, though the artist's identity remains unconfirmed. Painted on textured, deckle edged handmade paper, it stands as an evocative artefact of a period when painting, architecture and ideology were closely intertwined.