DrawingsRussian20th century

Proun

1926

Artists

El LissitzkyArtist

Classification

Drawings

Technique

Collage

Medium

gouache, gray wash, graphite, silver paint, and colored paper collage on brown card

Culture

Russian

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Busch-Reisinger Museum

Dimensions

26.5 x 36.4 cm (10 7/16 x 14 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Käthe Steinitz, Hannover/Los Angeles. The Fredric Wertham Collection, gift of his wife Hesketh; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1985.

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