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Proun (Study for a lithograph in the Kestner Portfolio) by El Lissitzky — VisualArtsDB

Proun (Study for a lithograph in the Kestner Portfolio)

Proun (Study for a lithograph in the Kestner Portfolio)

1922–1923

Medium: Gouache and red and black inks on tan coated paper
Dimensions: 59 x 43.6 cm (23 1/4 x 17 3/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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