Harvard Art Museums > BR61.38: Study for a Scene from "Of Two Squares" Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Study for a Scene from "Of Two Squares" (El Lissitzky) , BR61.38,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/222971. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number BR61.38 People El Lissitzky, Russian (Pochinok, Russia 1890 - 1941 Moscow, Russia) Title Study for a Scene from "Of Two Squares" Other Titles Original Language Title: Vorstudie zu einer Seite des Büchleins "Von Zwei Quadraten" Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1922 Culture Russian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/222971 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite and gouache on off-white laid paper Dimensions 26.7 x 21.4 cm (10 1/2 x 8 7/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: l.r., graphite, handwritten: 1918 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Lydia Dorner in memory of Dr. Alexander Dorner Copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn Accession Year 1961 Object Number BR61.38 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 388, p. 324, repr. Peter Nisbet and El Lissitzky, El Lissitzky 1890-1941: Catalogue for an Exhibition of Selected Works from North American Collections, the Sprengel Museum Hanover and the Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg Halle, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1987), Pl. 75, page 138, ill., black and white Exhibition History From Werkbund to Bauhaus: Art and Design in Germany 1900-1934, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1980 - 04/26/1980 Works from the 20th Century Collection of the Busch-Reisinger, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 06/15/1980 - 09/01/1980; Wildenstein Gallery, New York, New York, 09/23/1980 - 10/24/1980 German Art of the Twenties, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/26/1981 - 04/11/1981 20th-Century Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/07/1981 - 11/11/1981 Deutsche Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus dem Busch-Reisinger Museum, Stadtische Galerie im Stadelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, 10/23/1982 - 01/16/1983; Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin 30, 02/10/1983 - 04/17/1983; Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, 05/08/1983 - 06/26/1983 What about Revolution? Aesthetic Practices after 1917, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/26/2017 - 01/07/2018 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
