Workers of the world unite
Design Drawing
1922 (made)
1922 (made)
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Design for a propaganda stand displaying the slogan 'Workers of the World Unite'.
Object details
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| Title | Workers 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 Gustavs Klucis, 1922, bodycolour, pencil and collage |
| Physical description | Design for a propaganda stand displaying the slogan 'Workers of the World Unite'. |
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| Production type | Design |
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| Object history | This was one of a series of propaganda stands and kiosks designed by Klucis 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 |
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| Accession number | E.1387-1976 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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