Photograph of the design for the cover of an unpublished children's book, "Towards a Worldwide October," 1924

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Title: Photograph of the design for the cover of an unpublished children's book, "Towards a Worldwide October," 1924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: photomontage, photograph
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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