DrawingsLatvian20th century

Design for a Radio Orator

1922

Artists

Gustavs Klucis (Klutsis)Artist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Gouache and ink on paper

Culture

Latvian

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Modern & Contemporary Art

Dimensions

29.5 × 21 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

Provenance

The artist, created 1922, by inheritence; to Valentina Kugalina. Gera Kocen, Riga, sold; to Merrill C. Berman, New York (c. 1970s-2023), gift; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2023.

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