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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1987.62
People
El Lissitzky, Russian (Pochinok, Russia 1890 - 1941 Moscow, Russia)
Title
Proun (Study for a lithograph in the Kestner Portfolio)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1922-1923
Culture
Russian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/221715

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gouache and red and black inks on tan coated paper
Dimensions
59 x 43.6 cm (23 1/4 x 17 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • stamp: on verso at l.r., blue ink, German: Landes Museum Hannover / Rudolf v. Bennigsenstr. 1. Fernruf 82178 / Abteilung für Kunst

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The Fredric Wertham Collection, gift of his wife Hesketh; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1987.

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
1987.62
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Peter Nisbet and Emilie Norris, Busch-Reisinger Museum: History and Holdings, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1991), p. 72, ill.

Exhibition History

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