The Isms of Art | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1987.98
People: Author: El Lissitzky, Russian (Pochinok, Russia 1890 - 1941 Moscow, Russia)
Designer: El Lissitzky, Russian (Pochinok, Russia 1890 - 1941 Moscow, Russia)
Title: The Isms of Art
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Dis Kunstismen
Classification: Books
Work Type: book
Date: 1925
Period: Modern
Culture: Swiss
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/221396

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Ink on paper
Technique: Letterpress
Dimensions: 26.3 x 20.6 cm (10 3/8 x 8 1/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Fredric Wertham Collection, Gift of his wife Hesketh
Copyright: © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year: 1987
Object Number: 1987.98
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: This object is a first edition of the book, printed in 1925 by the Eugen Rentsch Verlag.

Exhibition History

In Detail: Looking at Persian, Turkish and Indian Pictures, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/11/1995 - 01/21/1996
HAA 176m Berlin and Moscow, 1918/1930 Rotation #1 (S421) Spring 2011, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 01/22/2011 - 03/12/2011

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