Object number1971.14.5
1○ Kestnermappe Proun, print #4
Portfolio/Seriesfrom the First Kestner Portfolio Proun
Date1923
Artist
El Lissitzky
(Russian, 1890-1941)
CultureRussian
MediumLithograph
DimensionsImage: 23 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. (60.3 x 43.8 cm)
Matted: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 61 cm)
Support: 27 3/4 x 22 in. (70.5 x 55.9 cm)
Matted: 30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 61 cm)
Support: 27 3/4 x 22 in. (70.5 x 55.9 cm)
Credit LineAnonymous gift
On View
Not on viewPeriod20th c
Classification(s)
SignedOn recto, signed lower left corner in pencil: EL Lissitzky
InscribedOn verso, possibly by artist, lower right corner in pencil: [illegible]; by unidentified hand, lower right edge: 71.14.5
BibliographyBrier, Jessica D.. On the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College in association with Scala Arts Publishers, Inc., 2022, pl. 33; Lissitzky, El, and Jan Debbaut. El Lissitzky, 1890-1941: Architect, Painter, Photographer, Typographer. Eindhoven: Municipal Van Abbemuseum, 1990, pl. 55.5, p. 129 Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryGeometric Art at Vassar, Vassar College Art Gallery, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, November 1, 1982 - February 6, 1983; On the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, August 20 - December 22, 2022
DescriptionGrey, tan, and black shapes in the upper quarter stand atop four main lines that lead down to a spherical form balanced on two intersecting lines, black and tan, in the lower quarter.
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