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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1987.71
People
El Lissitzky, Russian (Pochinok, Russia 1890 - 1941 Moscow, Russia)
Title
Old Man, Head Two Paces Back, from the portfolio "Figurines. The Three-Dimensional Design of the Electro-Mechanical Spectacle: Victory Over the Sun"
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Alter, Kopf 2 Schritt Hinten
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1923
Culture
Russian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/218064

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph printed in black, red, yellow and gray inks on off-white wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 53.5 x 45.7 cm (21 1/16 x 18 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at l.r.: El Lissitzky
  • inscription: in stone at l.r., ink, printed: 8

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Fredric Wertham Collection, Gift of his wife Hesketh
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1987
Object Number
1987.71
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Peter Nisbet and El Lissitzky, El Lissitzky 1890-1941: Catalogue for an Exhibition of Selected Works from North American Collections, the Sprengel Museum Hanover and the Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg Halle, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1987), Pl. 72, page 135, ill., black and white

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