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Klinom krasnym bei belykh (Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge)
Klinom krasnym bei belykh (Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge)

Klinom krasnym bei belykh (Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge)

El Lissitzky (Russian, 1890–1941)
1920
Medium/TechniquePoster, color lithograph, printed in red and black on off-white wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 51 x 62 cm (20 1/16 x 24 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Azita Bina and Elmar W. Seibel in memory of Charlotte Vershbow
Accession number2000.1069
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ClassificationsPrints
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.