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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.200
People
El Lissitzky, Russian (Pochinok, Russia 1890 - 1941 Moscow, Russia)
Title
Proun
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1926
Culture
Russian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/221791

Physical Descriptions

Medium
gouache, gray wash, graphite, silver paint, and colored paper collage on brown card
Technique
Collage
Dimensions
26.5 x 36.4 cm (10 7/16 x 14 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Käthe Steinitz, Hannover/Los Angeles. The Fredric Wertham Collection, gift of his wife Hesketh; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1985.

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
1985
Object Number
1985.200
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. 49, page 112, ill., color

Exhibition History

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