2023.75: Special offprint of the front and back covers of the book: Memorial to Fallen Leaders for the All Union Polygraphic Exhibition, Moscow

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2023.75

People

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

Title

Special offprint of the front and back covers of the book: Memorial to Fallen Leaders for the All Union Polygraphic Exhibition, Moscow

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Pamiati pogibshikh vozhdei

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1927

Culture

Latvian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/379534

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lithograph on paper

Technique

Lithograph

Dimensions

40.6 × 59.1 cm (16 × 23 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• gallery label: removed from backing: Moskau Berlin 1900-1950 / Berlinische Galerie / Landesmuseum fur Moderne Kunst / Photographie und Architektur / Berlin, 3 September 1995-7 Januar 1996 / Staatliches Puschkin-Museum fur Bildende Kunste / Moskau 1 Marz-1Juli 1996 / Gustav Kluzis / In Memory of Dead Leaders, c. 1930 / Mr. Merrill C. Berman, c/o Berman, Kalmback & Co, RYE, NY / 2099 / 119

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Merrill C. Berman, New York, 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

2023.75

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. 64-65, ill. (color)

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