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Large 8vo. 1½ pp. Written in blue and red ink. With autogr. envelope. To his third wife, Natalya Andreevna (née Manchenka, 1902-90), about his arrival in Moscow and negotiations concerning his payment, then already concluded: "[.] I arrived in Moscow. I was upset all day, even more so at the Glavnauka [Main Administration of Scientific, Artistic, and Museum institutions], the whole Glavnauka, all Main Administrations convinced me not to stay abroad, this is where my bread grows, they said . It was decided to pay me the full 160 Rubles [.] The line of my life will proceed with you and will finally climb the height of art. Now I am completely by myself and united with you in one single force, and you will endure with me everything until the very end [.]". - Malewitsch über sich. Zeitgenossen über Malewitsch. Briefe. Dokumente. Erinnerungen. Kritik. Bd. 1, Moskau 2004, Nr. 2.