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The Sun in its Decline

A work made of book with relief print in black and yellow-brown on blue-gray wove paper cover.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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  • A work made of book with relief print in black and yellow-brown on blue-gray wove paper cover.

Date:

1916

Artist:

El Lissitzky (Lazar Markovich Lissitzky) (Russian, 1890-1941)
written by Konstantin Bol’shakov (Russian, 1895–1940)
published by Tsentrifuga (Russian, 20th century)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

El Lissitzky

Title

The Sun in its Decline

Place

Russia (Artist's nationality:)

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1916

Medium

Book with relief print in black and yellow-brown on blue-gray wove paper cover

Dimensions

22.3 × 17.8 × 0.7 cm (8 13/16 × 7 1/16 × 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Maurice D. Galleher Endowment

Reference Number

2011.863

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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