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DrawingsRussian20th century

Study for a lithograph in the Kestner Portfolio

1923

Artists

El LissitzkyArtist

Classification

Drawings

Technique

Collage

Medium

Gouache, wash, graphite, silver paint, and collage element on tan card

Culture

Russian

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Busch-Reisinger Museum

Dimensions

55.2 x 41.9 cm (21 3/4 x 16 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Hanover Museum. Alexander Dorner?, by 1938?. The Fredric Wertham Collection, gift of his wife Hesketh; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1985.

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