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This is a reproduction of a poster by Lissitzky from the Sackner Archive lent to the Jewish Museum for the exhibition, "Russian Jewish Artists in a Century of Change 1890-1990." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents An exact replica of the image of this poster held by the Sackner Archive can be found in "Die Grosse Utopie: Die Russische Avantgarde 1915-1932" Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, illustration number 124, documented on page 735, stating the poster is held by the Lenin-Bibliothek, Moscow. According to the citation in Ars Libri Catalogue 84, 1991, pp 33-34, the Lenin Library copy measures 53 x 70 cm. The Ars Libri offering measures 51 x 62 cm and Ars Libri believes that their copy might be considered a second state of the original lithograph. The Sackner copy measures 48 x 66 cm in paper size and 47 x 56 cm in image size. Neither of the citations on measurements indicate whether paper or image size are being reported. Finally, Stuart Wrede in the book "The Modern Poster," provides a black and white reproduction of the print (Figure 17, page 25) that he attributes as a facsimile measuring 49.5 x 71 cm in the Museum of Modern Art Library, NYC. However, communication with the library...

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The dvd is documentation about Falling Out of the Sky - the 9/11 disaster. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The Sackner Archive lent most of the works to this exhibition. A critical essay was written by Kimberly Paice, the curator. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This exhibition was the first complete showing of Lissitzky's work in England. David Elliot contributed a chronological essay on Lisstizky's career, and Lissitzky himself a posthumous autobiography and essays descibing his works. The poster, "Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge," which is illustrated in the catalogue was loaned by the Stedelijk van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven as a letterpress reprinting from 1968. The Sackner Archive holds a copy of this important political print which is thought to be an original print from 1919 and differs in imagery from this reprint. The Sackner Archive also holds Proun 2D listed but not illustrated in the catalogue, For the Voice, USSR in Construction, and the catalogue for the International Press Exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.