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
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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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