Six Prints

1914–1915

Her Moscow home becomes a meeting-place for artists and writers

From 1914 to 1915 her home in Moscow is a meeting-place for artists and writers.

1914–1916

Takes part in the avant-garde exhibitions

Together with Aleksandra Ekster, Nadezhda Udaltsova and Olga Rozanova she contributes to the “Knave of Diamonds” exhibitions, to “Tramway V” in Petrograd, to “0.10” and to “The Store”; at “0.10” she shows several figurative painted cardboard reliefs in a Cubist-derived style.

1916

Joins Malevich’s group “Supremus”

She joins Kazimir Malevich’s group Supremus; together with Aleksandra Ekster, Ivan Kliun, Nadezhda Udaltsova, Olga Rozanova, Ivan Puni, Nina Genke, Ksenia Boguslavskaya and others she works at the Verbovka village folk centre.

1917

Works on fabrics, books and posters

As early as 1917, alongside her Suprematist work, she makes fabric designs and works on agitprop books and posters. In time she will identify herself entirely with the aims of the Revolution, working in poster, book design, fabric and theatre design, and in teaching.

1918

Marries Boris von Eding

She marries the art historian Boris von Eding, author of a study, “Rostov Veliky, Uglich”, in the series “Monuments of Artistic Antiquity”; their son is born the same year.

1918

The Tenth State Exhibition

At the Tenth State Exhibition, “Non-Objective Creativity and Suprematism”, she shows her series of architectonic paintings.