About This Artwork

El Lissitzky
Russian, 1890-1941

Untitled, 1923

Gelatin silver photogram
17.6 x 23.7 cm
Inscribed on verso "Huszar-Lissitzky Holland 1923" in the hand of Lissitzky's wife, Sophie Kuppers-Lissitzky
Mary L. and Leigh B. Block Collection, 1992.100

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Hanover, Germany, Sprengel Musuem, "El Lissitzky, Beyond the Abstract Cabinet," January 17 - April 5, 1999; traveled to Museu d'art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain, July 5 - September 5, 1999, and Porto, Portugal, Fundacao de Serralves: Museu d'art Contemporani, September 10 - November 7, 1999.

Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art "FOTO: Modernity in Central Europe," June 10 - September 3, 2007; traveled to the Guggenheim Museum, October 5, 2007 - January 2, 2008; The Milwaukee Art Museum, February 2 - April 27, 2008; and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, June 7 - August 31, 2008.

AIC, "Photography on Display: Modern Treasures," May 9–September 13, 2009.

Publication History

Siegel, Elizabeth. 2003. “Untitled.” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, vol. 29. no. 2. p. 40-41 (color ills.).

Witkovsky, Matthew S. 2007. "Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918-1945." Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington. pl. 26.