2023.114: Photograph of a design for the front page of the newspaper Pravda (Truth), February 23, 1934

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2023.114

People

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

Title

Photograph of a design for the front page of the newspaper Pravda (Truth), February 23, 1934

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph, photomontage

Date

c. 1930s

Culture

Latvian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/379581

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

17.8 × 12.7 cm (7 × 5 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: on verso, [in Russian]: G. Klutsis / Stalin and Voroshilov / Photo. Photomontage / of the poster / has not ssurvived / Early 1930s

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Presumably Valentina Kulagina, by descent; to Edvard Kulagin (1987-1991); [Walker, Ursitti & McGinnis, New York], sold; to Merrill C. Berman, New York (1991-2023), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2023.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Merrill C. Berman and Dalia S. Berman

Accession Year

2023

Object Number

2023.114

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. 144-145, ill. (color)

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