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Workers of the world unite

Design Drawing
1922 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for a propaganda stand displaying the slogan 'Workers of the World Unite'.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWorkers of the world unite (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Indian ink, body colour and collage
Brief description
Design for a propaganda stand 'Workers of the world unite', by Gustave Klucis, 1922, bodycolour, pencil and collage
Physical description
Design for a propaganda stand displaying the slogan 'Workers of the World Unite'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 242mm
  • Width: 175mm
Hinged to black card: 358 x 273 mm.
Style
Production typeDesign
Marks and inscriptions
  • Signed in Russian and dated in ink: G. Klutis [19]22
  • Inscribed in Russian and on the back in ink: Installed for the 4th Congress of the Comintern. The 5th anniversary of the Oct[ober] Revolution.
Object history
This was one of a series of propaganda stands and kiosks designed by Klutis for the fourth Congress of the Comintern, 1922. The slogan on top was meant to rotate.

Exhibited at the Latvian State Art Gallery, Riga, 1970: Exhibition of the works of G. Klutcis.

Bought from Annerly Jada Fine Art, London, 1976
Bibliographic reference
Oginskaya, L.' "The artist as agitator", Dekorativnoe Iskusstvo, Moscow, NO. 5, 1971, pp. 34-7 and cover
Collection
Accession number
E.1387-1976

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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