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During the period 1916-1917, Kliun produced a series of compositions in which he made various combinations of geometric shapes in various colour scales, extending the boundaries of Suprematism. The emblem of Suprematism was Malevich's Black Square, which contained all shapes and colours. In this painting Ivan Kliun takes a black square and literally fills it with shapes and colours. A blue rectangle, a yellow and a smaller black circle, a green triangle and a pink ellipse make up this suprematist work. The shapes are transparent and flow into each other, affecting the contour and coloration of each shape.