Postcard for Spartakiada, Moscow 1928 (Throwing the discus)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2023.93
People: Gustavs Klucis (Klutsis), Latvian (Koni Parish, Latvia 1895 - 1938 Moscow, Russia)
Title: Postcard for Spartakiada, Moscow 1928 (Throwing the discus)
Classification: Prints
Work Type: postcard, print
Date: 1928
Culture: Latvian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/379561

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Letterpress on paper
Technique: Letterpress
Dimensions: 15.2 × 10.8 cm (6 × 4 1/4 in.)

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: 2023.93
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. 68-69, ill. (color)

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