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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M14281
People
El Lissitzky, Russian (Pochinok, Russia 1890 - 1941 Moscow, Russia)
Title
Proun
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Erste Kestnermappe, 5
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1919-1923
Culture
Russian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/252198

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Lithograph

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[H. Haessel Verlag, Leipzig, Germany], sold at auction: to Fogg Art Museum, May 26, 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Vershbow, Mr.and Mrs. Samuel Glaser, Mr. and Mrs. Irving W. Rabb, and Mrs. Irving M. Sobin
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
M14281
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. 61, page 124, ill., black and white
  • Samuel Johnson, El Lissitzky on Paper: Print Culture, Architecture, Politics, 1919-1933, The University of Chicago Press (Chicago and London, 2024), p. 54, fig. 2.7, ill. (b/w)

Exhibition History

  • From Werkbund to Bauhaus: Art and Design in Germany 1900-1934, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1980 - 04/26/1980
  • From Impressionism to the Bauhaus: German Master Prints from the Harvard Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/19/1981 - 06/29/1981
  • 20th-Century Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/07/1981 - 11/11/1981

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Verification Level

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