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El Lissitzky

Proun

Maker

El Lissitzky (Russian, 1890-1941

Title

Proun
Proun 91

Year

1923

Medium

  • collage,
  • gouache,
  • and pen and ink on board

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • collage,
  • gouache,
  • and pen and ink on board

Materials

pen and ink, watercolor

Dimensions

64.6 x 49.7 cm (25 7/16 x 19 9/16 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Appropriation Fund

Object Number

40.006

Type

  • Drawings and Watercolors

Provenance

- 1940, Alfred Rose, Hannover, Germany and later Boston, MA [1]; purchased by the RISD Museum (brokered by his son-in-law and daughter, Hans and Gerda Rose Fulder, Worcester), February 6, 1940 [2]

Publications

  • Books

Why Art Museums? The Unfinished Work of Alexander Dorner

Alexander Dorner's radical ideas about the purpose of museums and art, examined through his tenure as Director of the RISD Museum.

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 9: Out of Line

Exhibition History

Re-Viewing the Twentieth Century
Jul 21, 2006 – Apr 22, 2007
Cubism and Its Affinities
Sep 01, 1995 – Dec 10, 1995

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Tombstone

El Lissitzky (Russian, 1890-1941
b. in Pochinok, Russia)
Proun; Proun 91, 1923
Collage, gouache, and pen and ink on board
64.6 x 49.7 cm (25 7/16 x 19 9/16 inches)
Museum Appropriation Fund 40.006

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