El Lissitzky

photograph of a photomontage, framed, Buhl Collection and Guggenheim Museum exhibition labels on the reverse, 1932, probably printed in the 1950s or later

The estate of Max Alpert, Moscow

Acquired by Howard Schickler, 1993

Howard Schickler Gallery, New York, 1995

New York, Guggenheim Museum, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection, June - September 2004, and 4 other international venues through 2007 (see Appendix 1)

West Palm Beach, Norton Museum of Art, A Show of Hands: Photographs and Sculpture from the Buhl Collection, January - March 2008

Seoul, South Korea, Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection (Asian tour), March - May 2009, and 2 other Asian venues through 2011 (see Appendix 1)

Jennifer Blessing, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection (Guggenheim Foundation, 2004), pp. 128 and 229 (this print)

This photograph is on thin single-weight paper with a semi-glossy surface. There is some faint, age-appropriate silvering in the dark areas. It is in excellent condition. It is hinged to a modern mount at the top edge with paper tape. There is a remnant of pressure-sensitive tape affixed to the center of the bottom edge on the reverse. When this print is examined under a blacklight, it appears to fluoresce.
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