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Klinom krasnym bei belykh (Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge)
El Lissitzky (Russian, 1890–1941)
1920
Medium/Technique
Poster, color lithograph, printed in red and black on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 51 x 62 cm (20 1/16 x 24 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Azita Bina and Elmar W. Seibel in memory of Charlotte Vershbow
Accession Number2000.1069
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
DescriptionBolshevik Poster for the Political Administration of the Western Front
ProvenanceProbably acquired from the artist by his student, Solomon Telingater [or Telingator], (b. 1903 - d. 1969), Russia [see note]. October, 1990, Viktor Menshikov, Budapest. 2000, gift of Azita Bina and Elmar W. Seibel, Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 24, 2001)
NOTE: Telingator was a noted Soviet typographer.
NOTE: Telingator was a noted Soviet typographer.