Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
Unable to open [object Object]: HTTP 0 attempting to load TileSource: https://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/iiif/17386764/info.json
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2000.242
People
Kazimir Malevich, Russian (Kiev, Russia 1878 - 1935 Leningrad, Russia)
Title
Construction: Two Views
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1925
Culture
Russian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215429

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
48 x 31.8 cm (18 7/8 x 12 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, graphite: This drawing by Malewitch was taken by me from the Box of Malewitch Paintings and Drawigs when I  resigned from the Hanover Museum and the box was in danger to be lost. The drawing should go to an appropriate Institute -- in case I die before I have taken care of this Trust." [signed] Alexander Dorner

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of the heirs of the artist in honor of Dr. Alexander Dorner
Accession Year
2000
Object Number
2000.242
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Descriptions

Description
on verso: inscription by Alexander Dorner; lithograph of landscape drawing by O. A. Lagoda-Stichistikina

Publication History

  • Nina Jager, ed., Russian Art of the Revolution, Cornell University, Office of University Publications (Ithaca, NY, 1970), cat. no. 23
  • Matthew Drutt, ed., Kazimir Malevich: Suprematism, exh. cat., Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York, NY, 2003), p. 215, ill.
  • Peter Nisbet and Joseph Koerner, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, ed. Peter Nisbet, Harvard University Art Museums and Scala Publishers Ltd. (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007), p. 124

Exhibition History

  • From Werkbund to Bauhaus: Art and Design in Germany 1900-1934, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1980 - 04/26/1980
  • Works from the 20th Century Collection of the Busch-Reisinger, Wildenstein Gallery, New York, New York, 09/23/1980 - 10/24/1980
  • Art of the Weimar Era, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 04/05/1982 - 05/22/1982
  • Kazimir Malevich: Supermatism, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, 01/17/2003 - 04/27/2003; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 05/12/2003 - 09/14/2003; Menil Collection, Houston, 10/03/2003 - 01/11/2004
  • HAA 1 Survey Course: Survey of World Art: Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/23/2005 - 07/31/2005
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/27/2016 - 11/01/2016
  • What about Revolution? Aesthetic Practices after 1917, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/26/2017 - 01/07/2018
  • Zarina: Atlas of Her World , Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, 09/06/2019 - 02/02/2020

Verification Level

This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu