Harvard Art Museums > 2000.242: Construction: Two Views Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Construction: Two Views (Kazimir Malevich) , 2000.242,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/215429. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download 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
