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TITLE:
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Proun
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WORK DATE:
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1923
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CATEGORY:
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Prints
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MATERIALS:
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Lithograph
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EDITION/SET OF:
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One of a series of lithographs issued by the Kestner Gesellschaft in Hannover in an edition of 50
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MARKINGS:
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Signed in pencil by the artist
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SIZE:
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h: 23.6 x w: 17 in / h: 59.9 x w: 43.2 cm
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REGION:
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Russian
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STYLE:
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Constructivism
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PRICE*:
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DESCRIPTION:
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This "Proun" series typifies his Proun work of the years 1919-1924. Proun is an acronym of Proekt Utverzhdeniya Novogo (Project of Emphasis of the New).
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LITERATURE:
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Illustrated in Peter Nesbit 'El Lissitzky 1890-1941', Harvard University, Busch Reisinger Museum 1987, plate 61, page 124.
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