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Gustav Klutsis

Gustav Klutsis

Russian, 1895

WA-00031663

PhotographyCubismAbstract ArtPhotography

Representation

None documented

16

Institutional Exhibitions

69

Works in Collection

139

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ1341721 ULAN500015350

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Abstractions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988–1989

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Deconstructivist Architecture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988

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The Modern Poster

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988

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Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art, 1910�1980

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985–1986

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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

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Masterpieces from the Collection: Selections from the Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Centuries

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980–1981

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Four Recently Discovered Picabias and Other Modern Master Acquisitions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1980

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Art of the Twenties

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979–1980

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Revolution: Russian Avant-Garde, 1912�1930

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978–1979

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The Graphic Revolution: 1915�1935

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1977

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Posters from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Word and Image: Posters and Typography from the Graphic Design Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, 1879�1967

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1968

Field Verification (3 fields)

2 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyMoMA· 93%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/12501
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

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Movement

Cubism

Medium

Photography

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York National Gallery of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (69)

Under the Banner of Lenin We Have Triumphed in the Struggle for the October Revolution

1933 · Letterpress

9 7/16 × 6 15/16" (23.9 × 17.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Maquette for the poster The Reality of Our Program Is Real People—That Is You and Me (Real’nost’ nashei programmy eto—zhivye liudi, eto my s vami)

1931 · Gelatin silver print with colored ink and gouache

Museum of Modern Art

Maquette for the poster for Anti-Imperialist Exhibition (Anti-Imperialisticheskaia vystavka), Central Park of Culture and Leisure (now Gorky Park), Moscow, August 1931

Maquette for the poster for Anti-Imperialist Exhibition (Anti-Imperialisticheskaia vystavka), Central Park of Culture and Leisure (now Gorky Park), Moscow, August 1931

1931 · Gelatin silver print with cut-and-pasted paper, gouache, and ink

8 11/16 × 6 1/4" (22.1 × 15.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Maquette for the poster for Anti-Imperialist Exhibition (Anti-imperialisticheskaia vystavka), Central Park of Culture and Leisure (now Gorky Park), Moscow, August 1931

1931 · Cut-and-pasted gelatin silver prints, printed and painted paper with gouache on paper

Museum of Modern Art

Maquette for the poster The Reality of Our Program Is Real People—That Is You and Me (Real’nost’ nashei programmy eto—zhivye liudi, eto my s vami)

1931 · Cut-and-pasted gelatin silver prints, gouache, and pencil on paper

Museum of Modern Art

The Reality of Our Program Is Real People—That Is You and Me (Real’nost’ nashei programmy eto—zhivye liudi, eto my s vami)

The Reality of Our Program Is Real People—That Is You and Me (Real’nost’ nashei programmy eto—zhivye liudi, eto my s vami)

1931 · Lithographed poster

composition and sheet: 56 11/16 × 40 3/4" (144 × 103.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Maquette for the poster The Reality of Our Program Is Real People—That Is You and Me (Real’nost’ nashei programmy eto—zhivye liudi, eto my s vami)

Maquette for the poster The Reality of Our Program Is Real People—That Is You and Me (Real’nost’ nashei programmy eto—zhivye liudi, eto my s vami)

1931 · Cut-and-pasted gelatin silver prints with colored pencil, gouache, and ink on paper

9 5/16 × 6 5/8" (23.6 × 16.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Brigada khudozhnikov (Artists' Brigade), no. 1

Brigada khudozhnikov (Artists' Brigade), no. 1

1931 · Journal, letterpress printed

page (each): 11 1/8 × 8 3/8" (28.2 × 21.2 cm); overall (closed): 11 5/16 × 8 9/16 × 1/16" (28.8 × 21.7 × 0.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Brigada Khudozhnikov (Artists' Brigade), no. 1

1931 · Journal, letterpress printed

page (each): 11 1/8 × 8 3/8" (28.2 × 21.2 cm); overall (closed): 11 7/16 × 8 1/2 × 1/16" (29 × 21.6 × 0.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Brigada khudozhnikov, no. 1

Brigada khudozhnikov, no. 1

1931 · Letterpress

11 5/8 x 20 5/8" (29.6 x 52.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Anti-Imperialist Exhibition

Anti-Imperialist Exhibition

1931 · Letterpress

54 1/2 x 41 1/4" (138.5 x 104.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Partbilet no.224332. Stikhi o Lenine (Party Membership Card Number 224332: Poems about Lenin)

Partbilet no.224332. Stikhi o Lenine (Party Membership Card Number 224332: Poems about Lenin)

1930 · Book with letterpress illustrations (cover)

Page: 6 3/4 x 4 15/16" (17.2 x 12.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Die Jagd in der U. S. S. R." by I. Jefimow

"Die Jagd in der U. S. S. R." by I. Jefimow

1930 · Letterpress

9 3/4 x 6 3/4" (24.8 x 17.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Five Year Plan in Four Years

Five Year Plan in Four Years

1930 · Lithograph

41 1/8 x 29 1/8" (104.5 x 74 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Let's Fulfill the Plan of Great Works

Let's Fulfill the Plan of Great Works

1930 · Lithograph

46 5/8 x 33" (118.4 x 83.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Under the Banner of Lenin - Socialist Construction

Under the Banner of Lenin - Socialist Construction

1930 · Lithograph

38 3/8 x 28 1/4" (97.5 x 71.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Storming the Third Year

Storming the Third Year

1930 · Lithograph

40 3/4 x 29 1/4" (103.5 x 74.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

We Shall Pay Back Our Coal Debt to This Country

We Shall Pay Back Our Coal Debt to This Country

1930 · Lithograph

41 1/8 x 29 1/8" (104.5 x 74 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plan for Socialist Offensive (Plan sotsialisticheskogo nastupleniia) from 30 dnei (30 days), no. 11

Plan for Socialist Offensive (Plan sotsialisticheskogo nastupleniia) from 30 dnei (30 days), no. 11

1929 · Magazine, letterpress printed

page (each): 10 1/4 × 6 7/8" (26 × 17.5 cm); overall (closed): 10 1/4 × 6 7/8 × 3/16" (26 × 17.5 × 0.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Maquette for Plan for Socialist Offensive (Plan sotsialisticheskogo nastupleniia) magazine spread in 30 dnei (30 days), no. 11

1929 · Cut-and-pasted gelatin silver prints, printed and painted paper with gouache on paper

Museum of Modern Art

Stroitel'stvo Moskvy. Ezhemesiachnyi zhurnal Moskovskogo oblastnogo ispolnitel'nogo komiteta Soveta R., K. i K. deputatov, no. 4 and 6

Page (various): 12 1/16 x 9 1/4" (30.7 x 23.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Stroitel'stvo Moskvy. Ezhemesiachnyi zhurnal Moskovskogo oblastnogo ispolnitel'nogo komiteta Soveta R., K. i K. deputatov, no. 3

Page: 11 13/16 x 9" (30 x 22.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Stroitel'stvo Moskvy. Ezhemesiachnyi zhurnal Moskovskogo oblastnogo ispolnitel'nogo komiteta Soveta R., K. i K. deputatov, no. 4 and 6

Page (various): 12 1/16 x 9 1/4" (30.7 x 23.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Female Worker of England (Rabotnitsa anglee)

The Female Worker of England (Rabotnitsa anglee)

1929 · Letterpress

8 3/16 x 11 3/8" (20.9 x 28.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

69 published of 136 catalogued · 94 with image

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68 publishedof 135 catalogued93 img
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Images

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Postcard Commemorating the Russian All-Union Spartakiada (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Postcard Commemorating the Russian All-Union Spartakiada (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

6

Movements4

Cubism Abstract Art Photography Constructivism

Collections2

Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

National Gallery of Art