Artist
El Lissitzky(Russian, 1890–1941)Russian, 1890–1941
CultureRussian
Titles
- Pelikan Tinte
Date1924
MediumGelatin silver print, photogram
DimensionsImage: 8 5/16 × 5 13/16 in. (21.1 × 14.7 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 11/16 in. (23.2 × 17 cm)
Mount: 12 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (30.8 × 25.6 cm)
Sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 11/16 in. (23.2 × 17 cm)
Mount: 12 1/8 × 10 1/16 in. (30.8 × 25.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1550
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
ProvenanceEx-collection Jan Tschichold, Basel; [Galerie Berinson, Berlin]; purchased by Manfred Heiting, April 15, 1987; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Exhibition History"Anwesenheit durch Abwesenheit - Fotogramme und die Kunst des 20. Jahrhundert", Kunsthaus Zürich, 1990.
"Licht Seiten - Die schönsten Bilder aus der Photographischen Sammlung der Berlinischen Galerie", Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, 1998.
“Shadows on the Wall: Cameraless Photography from 1851 to Today” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 31– November 30, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on mount recto in pencil:
El Lissitzky 1924: Photoplakat (Photogramm).
Originalgröße
Inscribed on mount recto in pencil:
Zurück an
den Eigentümer:
Printed on label adjacent to inscription:
Jan Tschichold,
Wettstein-Allee 15,
Basel [Schweiz]
Inscribed on mount recto in pencil:
Darf keinesfalls retuschiert werden.
El Lissitzky 1924: Photoplakat (Photogramm).
Originalgröße
Inscribed on mount recto in pencil:
Zurück an
den Eigentümer:
Printed on label adjacent to inscription:
Jan Tschichold,
Wettstein-Allee 15,
Basel [Schweiz]
Inscribed on mount recto in pencil:
Darf keinesfalls retuschiert werden.
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