Harvard Art Museums > 1985.199: Study for Scene from "Of Two Squares" Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Study for Scene from "Of Two Squares" (El Lissitzky) , 1985.199,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/299891. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1985.199 People El Lissitzky, Russian (Pochinok, Russia 1890 - 1941 Moscow, Russia) Title Study for Scene from "Of Two Squares" Other Titles Former Title: The Red Square Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date c. 1920 Period Modern Culture Russian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/299891 Physical Descriptions Medium Gouache, graphite, and wash on cream wove paper Technique Mixed technique Dimensions actual: 23.4 x 16.8 cm (9 3/16 x 6 5/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: in graphite at l.r.: EL LISSITZKY Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Pinacoteca Gallery, New York] sold; to F. Wertham, (1949-1981), by descent; to his wife,Hesketh (1981-1985) gift; to the Busch Reisinger Museum. 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 1985.199 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. 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. 77, page 140, ill., color James Cuno, Alvin L. Clark, Jr., Ivan Gaskell, and William W. Robinson, Harvard's Art Museums: 100 Years of Collecting, ed. James Cuno, Harvard University Art Museums and Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (Cambridge, MA, 1996), pp. 340-341, repr. color Masterpieces of world art : Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1997 Exhibition History HAA 1 Survey Course: Survey of World Art: Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/23/2005 - 07/31/2005 HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 10 Rotation 3), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 11/12/2010 - 01/15/2011 HAA 176m Berlin and Moscow, 1918/1930 Rotation #1 (S421) Spring 2011, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 01/22/2011 - 03/12/2011 Modern Art and Modernity, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/27/2016 - 01/08/2017 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
