Proun by El Lissitzky
Art Institute of Chicago

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El Lissitzky · 1924–25

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Sold by the artist to Galerie Neue Kunst Hans Goltz, Munich, 1926 [Cambridge 1987]. Sold by Otto Stangl, Munich, to Dorothy Braude Edinburg, August 17, 1965; given to the Art Institute, 1998.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Exhibitions

Exhibition history

  • Cambridge, MA, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, "El Lissitzky," September 26–November 29, 1987, pp. 116 (ill.) and 175,cat. 92, pl. 53.
  • The Art Institute of Chicago, "Drawn to Form: Modern Drawings," June 11–September 7, 1999, checklist 31.
  • The Art Institute of Chicago, "Drawings in Dialogue: Old Master Through Modern, The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection," June 3–July 30, 2006, pp. 170-171, cat. 122 (ill.).
  • The Art Institute of Chicago, "Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper," March 24-September 13, 2009, no cat.
  • The Art Institute of Chicago, "Shatter, Rupture, Break", February 15 - May 3, 2015

Literature

Published references

  • Sprengel Museum, El Lissitzky, 1890–1941 (Hannover, 1988), p. 279.

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