Postcard Commemorating the Russian All-Union Spartakiada
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1928
This object is a postcard titled "Postcard Commemorating the Russian All-Union Spartakiada," created in 1928 by the Latvian artist Gustav Klutsis (1895–1938). Executed as a color lithograph on off-white wove card, the sheet measures 14.8 by 10.5 cm (5 7/8 by 4 3/16 in.) and originates from Latvia.
The vertical composition presents a dynamic constructivist photomontage themed around tennis and athletic activity. A large central figure of a tennis player swinging a racket dominates the composition, set against geometric planes of bright blue, yellow, and black. Additional smaller figures of tennis players and a crowd appear across stylized court markings rendered with colored lines. Bold typographic inscriptions and graphic text bands frame the sides and upper margins of the card.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Color lithograph on off-white wove card
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 14.8 × 10.5 cm (5 7/8 × 4 3/16 in.)
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Gustav Klutsis, Latvian, 1895-1938
- Place recorded
- Latvia
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Art Institute of Chicago collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Postcard Commemorating the Russian All-Union Spartakiada
- Museum object number
- 2009.286.1
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.