Framed Gouache on handmade drawing paper, Abstract Untitled, Artist Unknown

Attributed to a Bauhaus Student (Russian Avant-Garde Circle)
Untitled Composition
Gouache on handmade drawing paper
Russia/Germany, c. 1920s–1930s
Monogrammed “P.Q. XVII”
Framed: approx. 30 × 24 cm
This vibrant abstract work, painted in gouache on handmade paper, is stylistically aligned with the Russian avant-garde and Suprematist movements of the 1920s and 1930s. Composed of layered, intersecting geometric forms in saturated hues—red, blue, ochre, and black—the image exemplifies the radical abstraction championed by artists such as El Lissitzky and Kazimir Malevich.
The piece is thought to have originated from the circle of Russian émigrés connected to the Bauhaus. Several central figures of the Russian avant-garde taught at the Bauhaus during the interwar period, and the presence of related works in the same archive supports the attribution to a Bauhaus student. The monogram “P.Q. XVII” remains unidentified, though it may denote a student or workshop production number.
Painted on delicately textured, handmade drawing paper reminiscent of Japanese washi, the work balances rigorous compositional order with expressive colour. It stands as a compelling artefact of a time when art, architecture, and ideology were in intense dialogue.