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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.103
People
Gustavs Klucis (Klutsis), Latvian (Koni Parish, Latvia 1895 - 1938 Moscow, Russia)
Title
Photograph of the design for the cover of an unpublished children's book, "Towards a Worldwide October," 1924
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph, photomontage
Date
c. 1920s - 1930s
Culture
Latvian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/379579

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
29.1 × 23.8 cm (11 7/16 × 9 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on verso, in black ink [in Russian]: G. Klutsis / Towards the World October, Study / The original has not survived. / There were 8 posters created on the theme "Lenin and his followers."

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
2023.103
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. 134-135, ill. (color)

Verification Level

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