2023.60: Design for a stand at the entrance of an exhibition of student works from the basic course at VKhUTEMAS: Fundamentals; verso: Preliminary sketches for the poster "Building of state and collective farms is the building of socialism in the countryside"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2023.60

People

Gustavs Klucis (Klutsis), Latvian (Koni Parish, Latvia 1895 - 1938 Moscow, Russia)

Title

Design for a stand at the entrance of an exhibition of student works from the basic course at VKhUTEMAS: Fundamentals; verso: Preliminary sketches for the poster "Building of state and collective farms is the building of socialism in the countryside"

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Fundamentals, 5 Departments: Color, Painting, Space, Graphics, Design

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1924-1926

Culture

Latvian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/379528

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite, ink and gouache on paper

Dimensions

21 × 12.2 cm (8 1/4 × 4 13/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Howard Schickler Fine Art, New York], sold; to Merrill C. Berman, New York (c. 1993/1995-2023), sold; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2023.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund

Accession Year

2023

Object Number

2023.60

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Adrian Sudhalter, Gustav Klutsis: Works from the Merrill C. Berman Collection, The Merrill C. Berman Collection (Rye, New York, 2017), pp. 28-29, ill. (color)

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