From the Harvard Art Museums’ collections Cover Design for "Brigada Khudozhnikov. Organ Federatsii Rabotnikov Prostranstvennykh Iskusstv." Vol. 1, no. 4.

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Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1987.99
People: El Lissitzky, Russian (Pochinok, Russia 1890 - 1941 Moscow, Russia)
Title: Cover Design for "Brigada Khudozhnikov. Organ Federatsii Rabotnikov Prostranstvennykh Iskusstv." Vol. 1, no. 4.
Classification: Books
Work Type: book cover
Date: 1931
Culture: Russian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/221397

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: 31 x 22.4 x 0.2 cm (12 3/16 x 8 13/16 x 1/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Fredric Wertham Collection, Gift of his wife Hesketh
Accession Year: 1987
Object Number: 1987.99
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
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Exhibition History

Modern Art and Modernity, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2013 - 06/01/2013

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