Maquette for the poster "Let’s repay the coal debt to the state"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2023.99
People: Gustavs Klucis (Klutsis), Latvian (Koni Parish, Latvia 1895 - 1938 Moscow, Russia)
Title: Maquette for the poster "Let’s repay the coal debt to the state"
Other Titles: Alternate Title: We Will Repay Our Coal Debt to the Country
Series/Book Title: Vernem ugol’nyi dolg strane
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1930
Culture: Latvian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/379539

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Gelatin silver print and gouache on paper
Dimensions: 16.1 × 11.5 cm (6 5/16 × 4 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Presumably Valentina Kulagina, by descent; to Edvard Kulagin. [Galerie Avantgarde, Berlin], sold; to 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: 2023.99
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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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. 76-77, ill. (color)

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