May 1 - In the Struggle for the Five Year Plan, for Bolshevist Tempos, for the Defense of the USSR, for a Worldwide October

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2023.129
People: Gustavs Klucis (Klutsis), Latvian (Koni Parish, Latvia 1895 - 1938 Moscow, Russia)
Title: May 1 - In the Struggle for the Five Year Plan, for Bolshevist Tempos, for the Defense of the USSR, for a Worldwide October
Classification: Prints
Work Type: poster, print
Date: 1931
Culture: Latvian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/379653

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lithograph on paper

Technique

Lithograph

Dimensions

104.5 × 72.4 cm (41 1/8 × 28 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: flash card removed from the backing board: Klucis / 1931 / BER II

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Merrill C. Berman, New York, 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: 2023.129
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. 114-115, ill. (color)

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