Smekalov Igor V.

The article is devoted to the study of an outstanding example of the Russian artistic avant-garde, a two-sided painting, created by Ivan Kudryashov during his studies in the workshop of Kazimir Malevich in 2nd State Free Art Workshops. The circumstances of its creation are revealed. The entire process of the avant-garde artist's design work on a specific piece is traced, its dating is clarified. In various museum collections in Russia and abroad, blocks of drawings that are directly related to both compositions of a two-sided painting are identified and systematized. The features of Kazimir Malevich's pedagogy aimed at the experimental activity of apprentices are commented on.