Hieratic Suprematist Cross Portrait this large reclining nude represents

this large reclining nude represents a Western woman in an oriental decor: fly swatter in peacock feathers

The beach represented here is probably near Dieppe

Nothing makes it possible to recognize a view of Le Havre because Monet has evacuated all the topographic details

The artist would have planned this piece very carefully

Hieratic Suprematist Cross Portrait this large reclining nude representsThe cross is for Malevich one of the basic elements of his plastic system. But the geometric rigor is tempered by the irregularities that the painter has introduced into his canvas. The uncertain contours of the branches, their tiny inclination, the precariousness of their balance also invite us to consider the cross, recurring in all of Malevich's work, as an element charged with emotion.