Gustavs Klucis Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Gustavs Klucis Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 07, 2026
Gustav Klutsis, [Victory of Socialism in Our Country is Guaranteed]. Silver gelatin print. 1932.
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Gustav Klutsis 1895-1938 [Victory of Socialism in Our Country is Guaranteed]. Silver gelatin print. 1932. Condition A-: minor creases and abrasions at corners; adhesive residue with paper remnants on verso. Silver gelatin print.
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 07, 2026
Gustav Klutsis, [The Reality of Our Program is Real People / It's You and Me]. Silver gelatin print. 1931.
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Gustav Klutsis 1895-1938 [The Reality of Our Program is Real People / It's You and Me]. Silver gelatin print. 1931. Condition B+: tape-repaired tear at right edge; small tear at lower left edge; minor creases and abrasions at edges; tape and minor skinning on verso, at corners. Silver gelatin print. See MoMA 447.2018, 449.2018, 450.2018 & 448.2018 for the various photocollage maquettes and the final poster printed using elements of this image. "The Stalin cult is about his megalomania, but it's also about empowering the millions of people who identified with him, wanted to be like him, wanted to sacrifice for him, and here, he simultaneously blends in with the masses, but he also stands out. . . The particular speech that's depicted here was about allowing for higher wages to workers, if they worked better. And this was highly controversial because many people thought the revolution should bring about equality. But Stalin argued in this speech that if you worked harder, you should get paid more, because we need to build our factories, raise our technological level, and compete in the international system" (https://www.moma.org/audio/playlist/311/4002).
Swann Auction Galleries
Apr. 07, 2026
Gustav Klutsis, [Electrification of the Entire Country]. Silver gelatin print. 1920.
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Gustav Klutsis 1895-1938 [Electrification of the Entire Country]. Silver gelatin print. 1920. Condition A / A-: minor creases in upper right corner; pencil handwriting, white label and adhesive remnants on verso. Silver gelatin print. Covered text on verso reads "The Dynamic City, c. 1919, Reproduced in Izofront in 1931. Whereabouts unknown." MoMA 441.2018 (original collage).
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 04, 2024
Klutsis, Gustav Gustavovich: Photographic reproduction of original photo collage designed for the first international Spartakiada in Moscow
Est: €1,200 - €1,500
Photographic reproduction of original photomontage designed for the first International Spartakiada in Moscow. 1928. Vintage gelatin silver print. 17,5 x 11,5 cm. Mounted to paper. This iconic photomontage design from 1928, reproduced in this vintage photograph from the same year, was used for the global promotion of the first International Spartakiade in Moscow. The design was featured as a poster, subsequently printed on the front page of “Spartakiada” No. 3, 1928, and appeared on numerous postcards. The Spartakiade was essentially a communist counter-event organized by the Soviet Union as an alternative to the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. – Some dents/handling marks, corners bumped, small loss in lower left corner corners slightly bumped, otherwise in good condition. - Sollten Sie detailliertere Zustandsberichte wünschen, kontaktieren Sie uns bitte. / Should you need more detailed condition reports, please contact us.
Bassenge Auctions
May. 15, 2024
Gustav Klucis, Untitled. 1928.
Est: €300 - €600
Collage su cartone dipinto. cm 31x24,8. Firma e data in basso a destra. Al verso timbro in cirillico. Provenienza: ArteCentro (ora Lattuada Gallery); collezione toscana. (1)
Gonnelli Casa d'Aste
Feb. 29, 2024
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (1895-1938) & ELKIN VASILY NIKOLAEVICH (1897-1991). [THE BEST STRIKES WILL ENSURE THE HARVESTING AND AUTUMN SOWING SUCCE
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (1895-1938) & ELKIN VASILY NIKOLAEVICH (1897-1991) [THE BEST STRIKES WILL ENSURE THE HARVESTING AND AUTUMN SOWING SUCCESS]. 1931. 40¼x28½ inches, 102¼x72½ cm. Ogiz-Izogiz, Moscow. Condition B / B+: replaced losses and overpainting in corners and margins; repaired tears at edges; creases, abrasions and restoration in margins and along vertical and horizontal folds. Mounted on Japan. Power of Images p. 102.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 24, 2023
RUSSIAN CONSTRUCTIVIST PAINTING BY GUSTAV KLUTSIS
Est: $100 - $150
Color pencils and watercolor on paper drawing by Gustav Klutsis, 1895 to 1938, a pioneering Soviet Russian and Latvian photographer and major member of the Constructivist movement. The artwork is a sketch of an abstract Suprematist composition. Ca. late 1910s. Signed by the artist in the lower right. Black mat. Collectible Russian Avant Garde Art, Abstract Graphic Art.
Antique Arena Inc
May. 18, 2023
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (1895-1938). [POLITBURO]. Photocollage maquette with mixed media. 1935. Sheet - 14½x34½ inches, 36¾x87½ cm. Design - 13
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (1895-1938) [POLITBURO]. Photocollage maquette with mixed media. 1935. Sheet - 14 1/2x34 1/2 inches, 36 3/4x87 1/2 cm. Design - 13 1/2x21 3/4 inches, 34 1/4x55 1/4 cm. Condition A-: minor skinning where Klutsis "self-censored" and removed photo-portraits; tears, creases and pin holes at folded edges of sheet, not affecting image; hand-signed and dated by the artist in pencil. Paper. This multimedia collage features a portrait of Stalin, backed by a statue of Lenin, with smaller portraits of Politburo members on either side. Klutsis utilizes a composition reminiscent of traditional Russian iconography to illustrate this executive policy-making committee of the Bolshevik party. We can surmise that the removed upper row of portraits was a result of Klutsis' self-censorship, "perhaps in fear of being accused of supporting the 'people's enemies' . . . The empty ovals [in another study for this portrait] reserved for the heads of the tyrant's servants, were subject to perpetual replacement. At this point, Klutsis' role as a photomontage artist was fully controlled by the government, and his compositional choices began to equal life-and-death decisions" ( The Soviet Photograph, 1924-1937, by Margarita Tupitsyn). This study is similar in composition to Klutsis' finished poster Politburo TsK VKP(B) of this same year (See V&A E.1267-1989), though that printed poster resulted in a different layout of the portraits. Other photomontages of the Politburo feature blacked-out or cut-out portraits, in an attempt to keep up with the changing roster of dissenters.
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 15, 2023
Gustav Gustavovich Klucis (Latvian, 1895-1944) Radio Orator 11 x 9 in. (27.9 x 22.9 cm) unframed
Est: $800 - $1,200
Gustav Gustavovich Klucis (Latvian, 1895-1944) Radio Orator signed indistinctly (lower right), titled within the composition watercolor on paper 11 x 9 in. (27.9 x 22.9 cm) unframed
Bonhams
Oct. 22, 2022
RUSSIAN SOVIET ERA LENIN ILLUSTRATION BY KLUTSIS
Est: $100 - $150
Gustav Klutsis, Latvian, 1895 to 1938, letterpress photomontage illustration from the special double issue of the magazine Molodaya gvardiya dedicated to Lenin, 1924. Gustav Klutsis was a pioneering Latvian photographer and major member of the Constructivist avant-garde in the early 20th century. He is known for the Soviet revolutionary and Stalinist propaganda he produced with his wife Valentina Kulagina and for the development of photomontage techniques. Soviet Lenin Propaganda And Constructivist Art Collectibles.
Antique Arena Inc
May. 19, 2022
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (1895-1938). [WITHOUT HEAVY INDUSTRY WE CANNOT BUILD ANY INDUSTRY]. 1930 41x29½ inches, 104x75 cm. State Publishing Hou
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (1895-1938) [WITHOUT HEAVY INDUSTRY WE CANNOT BUILD ANY INDUSTRY]. 1930 41x29 1/2 inches, 104x75 cm. State Publishing House, Moscow. Condition A- / B+: overpainting and minor restoration in margins; repaired tear at bottom right, into image; missing top margin. Power of Images p. 103.
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 19, 2022
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (1895-1938). [BUILDING OF SOVIET FARMS AND COLLECTIVE FARMS IS THE BUILDING OF SOCIALISM IN RURAL AREAS]. 1930. 41x28 i
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (1895-1938) [BUILDING OF SOVIET FARMS AND COLLECTIVE FARMS IS THE BUILDING OF SOCIALISM IN RURAL AREAS]. 1930. 41x28 inches, 104x71 cm. State Publishing House, Moscow. Condition A-: repaired tears at top edges; small losses at right corners; minor creases at edges. Paper. Part of Stalin's first five-year plan was to get the farms to produce more food for the masses to consume. This poster is one of the few in Klutsis' output in which he expands his color palette beyond red, white and black.
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 19, 2022
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (1895-1938). [COMMUNISM IS SOVIET POWER PLUS THE ELECTRIFICATION OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY]. 1928. 28½x20¼ inches, 73¼x51½ c
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (1895-1938) [COMMUNISM IS SOVIET POWER PLUS THE ELECTRIFICATION OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY]. 1928. 28 1/2x20 1/4 inches, 73 1/4x51 1/2 cm. State Publishing House, Moscow. Condition A-: minor tears, repaired tears, creases and abrasions at edges; minor creases in image. Paper. Born in Latvia, Klutsis studied at the influential Svomas/Vkhutemas art school under Malevich and Pevsner, and then went on to become a founding member of "October," a group of artists dedicated to serving the needs of the proletariat throughout the USSR. Klutsis became the Soviet Union's most prolific photomontage virtuoso, designing emblematic posters to inspire the Communist cause throughout the 1920s and 1930s. In 1938, despite his exceptional work for the cause, Stalin had Klutsis arrested and executed along with thousands of Latvians. Power of Images p. 126, Juan March p. 38.
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 12, 2021
Gustav Klutsis (Kluzis) (Latvian/Russian, 1895-1938), "Memorial to Fallen Leaders"
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Gustav Klutsis (Kluzis) (Latvian/Russian, 1895-1938) "Memorial to Fallen Leaders", ca. 1928 lithograph in colors dust jacket published by Moskovskii Rabochii (Moscow Worker), Moscow. Glazed and framed. sheet 15" x 23", framed 20-1/4" x 28-1/2" Provenance: Sotheby's, Sale #6529, March 10, 1994, lot 225B.
New Orleans Auction Galleries
Nov. 25, 2021
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (1895-1938) - Three unique photomontages…
Est: €3,500 - €4,000
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (1895-1938) Three unique photomontages 1) Politburo or Secretariat. 9x12,7 cm (irregular shape), executed circa 1935. Gelatin silver print. Stamp, signed (lower right). Counter-signed by artist’s son on reverse. Unique collage maquette for a photograph or poster (not executed). Exhibited: Essen, Germany, Glaube Hoffnung Anpassing, Museum Folkwang, 1995, p. 79 (illustrated). Valencia, Spain, Utopia, ilusion y adaptation,Valencia International Museum of Art, 1996, p. 103 (illustrated). 2) The Party with the Backing of the Masses. 17,8x12,7 cm, executed in 1933. Gelatin silver print. Stamp signed and dated ‘1933’ (lower right). Counter-signed by artist’s son on reverse. Unique collage maquette for a photograph or poster (final version of the montage, unexecuted). Exhibited: Essen, Germany, Glaube Hoffnung Anpassing, Museum Folkwang, 1995, p. 79 (illustrated). Valencia, Spain, Utopia, ilusion y adaptation,Valencia International Museum of Art, 1996, p. 103 (illustrated). 3) Politburo or Secretariat (‘Stalin towers over the assembly in the photo as he did in life’). 10x15 cm, executed circa 1935. Gelatin silver print. Counter-signed by artist’s son on reverse. Unique altered photograph (study for photograph or poster, not executed). Provenance: Son of the artist. Purchased from the above by Jack Banning, Paris, late 1970s. Ubu gallery, New York, ca 1980. Ida Genstein estate. *Published in error as “1938” in catalogs, according to Professor Typitsyn who has verified the authenticity of the worksin conversation. Stalin is the largest figure, as he is the most important character in the photograph. In the front row: Anastas Mikoian, Mikhail Kalinin, Vyacheslav Molotov, Lazar Kaganovich, Kliment Voroshilov, and SergoOrdzhonikidze. In the back row: Stanislav Kosior, Vlas Chubar, Mikhail Tomsky, Pavel Postyshev, Grigori Petrovskii,Andrei Zhdanov, Robert Eikhe, and Nikolai Yezhov.The cut-out figure is Jānis Rudzutaks, a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician who in 1937 was expelled from theCentral Committee. After torture, confession of being a spy, and then a retraction of this confession, Rudzutaks was givendeath penalty.Figures who fell from grace under Stalin were deleted from visual records. 0-0 € 0 • GEORGES ANNENKOV (1889-1974) typography Set of 7 anti-communist vignettes, placards, pamphlets, postcards Lithographs and prints on paper Different sizes, caricatures of Stalin: 22.1 x 17.5 cm ca. 1940s and 1950s Provenance: archives of G. Annenkov Annenkov made those pamphlets and postcards between 1940’s and 1950’s for the newspaper «Peace and Freedom”. The set includes a four-page pamphlet with four caricatures of Joseph Stalin illustrating the portrait of Stalin commissioned by the Soviet Union Communist Party to Pablo Picasso. ГУСТАВ КЛУЦИС (1895-1938) ТРИ ФОТОМОНТАЖА 1) ПОЛИТБЮРО. 1935 макет для фотографии или коллажа (не осуществлен) Серебряно-желатиновый отпечаток, печать, подпись (справа внизу), подпись (на обороте) 9 x 12.7 cm Выставка: Эссен, Германия, Glaube Hoffnung Anpassing, Museum Folkwang, 1995, стр. 79 (иллюстрация).* Валенсия, Испания, Utopia, ilusion y adaptation, Valencia International Museum of Art, 1996, стр. 103 (иллюстрация). 2) Партия с поддержкой народа. 1933 макет для фотографии или коллажа (последняя версия монтажа, плакат не осуществлен) Серебряно-желатиновый отпечаток, печать, подпись и дата ‘1933’ (справа внизу), надпись сына художника (на обороте) 17.8 x 12.7 см Выставка: Эссен, Германия, Glaube Hoffnung Anpassing, Museum Folkwang, 1995, стр. 79 (иллюстрация).* Валенсия, Испания, Utopia, ilusion y adaptation, Valencia International Museum of Art, 1996, стр. 103 (иллюстрация). 3) ПОЛИТБЮРО ЦК ВКР(Б). 1935 ФОТОМОНТАЖ (макет фотографии или постера, не осуществлены). Серебряно-желатиновый отпечаток, владельческая надпись сына на обороте 10 х 15 см Провенанс: Сын художника Jack Banning, Париж, вторая половина 1970 Ubu gallery, Нью-Йорк, 1980-е Ida Genstein Сталин - самая большая фигура, так как является самым важным лицом на фотографии. Первый ряд: Анастас Микоян, Михаил Калинин, Вячеслав Молотов, Лазарь Каганович, Климент Ворошилов и Серго Орджоникидзе. Второй ряд: Станислав Косиор, Влас Чубарь, Михаил Томский, Павел Постышев, Григорий Петровский, Андрей Жданов, Роберт Эйхе и Николай Ежов. Вырезанная фигура - Янис Рудзутакс, большевистский революционер и советский политик, который в 1937 году был изгнан из ЦК. После пыток, признания в шпионаже, а затем отказа от этого признания, Рудзутакс был приговорен к смертной казни. Лица, лишившиеся благосклонности Сталина, были удалены из записей и архивов. ЮРИЙ АННЕНКОВ (1889-1974) Комплект из 7 антикоммунистических виньеток, плакатов, памфлетов, открыток Литографии и гравюры, бумага Разные размеры, карикатуры Сталина: 22.1 x 17.5 см ок. 1940-е и 1950-е гг. Провенанс: архив Г. Анненкова Анненков сделал эти брошюры и открытки в 1940-1950-х годах для газеты «Мир и свобода». В комплект входит четырехстраничная брошюра с четырьмя карикатурами на Иосифа Сталина, иллюстрирующими портрет Сталина, заказанный Коммунистической партией Советского Союза Пабло Пикассо.
Hermitage Fine Art
Feb. 25, 2021
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (1895-1938). THREE PHOTOMONTAGES
Est: €6,000 - €7,000
(1) Politburo or Secretariat. 1935 Unique collage maquette for a photograph or poster (not executed) Gelatin silver print, Stamp, signed (lower right), Counter-signed by artist’s son on reverse 9 x 12.7 cm (irregular shape) Exhibited: Essen, Germany, Glaube Hoffnung Anpassing, Museum Folkwang, 1995, p. 79 (illustrated).* Valencia, Spain, Utopia, ilusion y adaptation, Valencia International Museum of Art, 1996, p. 103 (illustrated). (2) ‘The Party with the Backing of the Masses’ 1933 Unique collage maquette for a photograph or poster (final version of the montage. unexecuted) Stamp signed and dated ‘1933’ (lower right) Counter-signed by artist’s son on reverse Gelatin silver print 17.8 x 12.7 cm Exhibited: Essen, Germany, Glaube Hoffnung Anpassing, Museum Folkwang, 1995, p. 79 (illustrated). Valencia, Spain, Utopia, ilusion y adaptation, Valencia International Museum of Art, 1996, p. 103 (illustrated). (3) Politburo circa 1935 Unique altered photograph (study for photograph or poster, not executed) Gelatin silver print. Counter-signed by artist’s son on reverse 10 x 15 cm Provenance: Son of the artist Purchased from the above by Jack Banning, Paris, late 1970s Ubu gallery, New York, ca 1980 Ida Genstein estate *Published in error as “1938” in catalogs, according to Professor Typitsyn who has verified the authenticity of the works in conversation. In the front row: Anastas Mikoian, Mikhail Kalinin, Vyacheslav Molotov, Lazar Kaganovich, Kliment Voroshilov, and Sergo Ordzhonikidze. In the back row: Stanislav Kosior, Vlas Chubar, Mikhail Tomsky, Pavel Postyshev, Grigori Petrovskii, Andrei Zhdanov, Robert Eikhe, and Nikolai Yezhov. The cut-out figure is Jānis Rudzutaks, a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician who in 1937 was expelled from the Central Committee. After torture, confession of being a spy, and then a retraction of this confession, Rudzutaks was given death penalty. Figures who fell from grace under Stalin were deleted from visual records. (1) ПОЛИТБЮРО. 1935 макет для фотографии или коллажа (не осуществлен) Серебряно-желатиновый отпечаток, печать, подпись (справа внизу), подпись (на обороте) 9 x 12.7 cm Выставка: Эссен, Германия, Glaube Hoffnung Anpassing, Museum Folkwang, 1995, стр. 79 (иллюстрация).* Валенсия, Испания, Utopia, ilusion y adaptation, Valencia International Museum of Art, 1996, стр. 103 (иллюстрация). (2) Партия с поддержкой народа. 1933 макет для фотографии или коллажа (последняя версия монтажа, плакат не осуществлен) Серебряно-желатиновый отпечаток, печать, подпись и дата ‘1933’ (справа внизу), надпись сына художника (на обороте) 17.8 x 12.7 см Выставка: Эссен, Германия, Glaube Hoffnung Anpassing, Museum Folkwang, 1995, стр. 79 (иллюстрация).* Валенсия, Испания, Utopia, ilusion y adaptation, Valencia International Museum of Art, 1996, стр. 103 (иллюстрация). (3) ПОЛИТБЮРО ЦК ВКР(Б). 1935 ФОТОМОНТАЖ (макет фотографии или постера, не осуществлены). Серебряно-желатиновый отпечаток, владельческая надпись сына на обороте 10 х 15 см Провенанс: Сын художника Jack Banning, Париж, вторая половина 1970 Ubu gallery, Нью-Йорк, 1980-е Ida Genstein Сталин - самая большая фигура, так как является самым важным лицом на фотографии. Первый ряд: Анастас Микоян, Михаил Калинин , Вячеслав Молотов, Лазарь Каганович, Климент Ворошилов и Серго Орджоникидзе. Второй ряд: Станислав Косиор, Влас Чубарь, Михаил Томский, Павел Постышев, Григорий Петровский, Андрей Жданов, Роберт Эйхе и Николай Ежов. Вырезанная фигура - Янис Рудзутакс, большевистский революционер и советский политик, который в 1937 году был изгнан из ЦК. После пыток, признания в шпионаже, а затем отказа от этого признания, Рудзутакс был приговорен к смертной казни. Лица, лишившиеся благосклонности Сталина , были удалены из записей и архивов.
Hermitage Fine Art
Oct. 28, 2020
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (1895-1938) - Three unique photomontages
Est: €6,000 - €7,000
(1) Politburo or Secretariat Unique collage maquette for a photograph or poster (not executed) Stamp, signed (lower right), Counter-signed by artist’s son on reverse Gelatin silver print 9 x 12.7 cm (irregular shape) executed circa 1935 Exhibited: Essen, Germany, Glaube Hoffnung Anpassing, Museum Folkwang, 1995, p. 79 (illustrated).* Valencia, Spain, Utopia, ilusion y adaptation, Valencia International Museum of Art, 1996, p. 103 (illustrated). (2) ‘The Party with the Backing of the Masses’ Unique collage maquette for a photograph or poster (final version of the montage. unexecuted) Stamp signed and dated ‘1933’ (lower right) Counter-signed by artist’s son on reverse Gelatin silver print 17.8 x 12.7 cm executed in 1933 Exhibited: Essen, Germany, Glaube Hoffnung Anpassing, Museum Folkwang, 1995, p. 79 (illustrated). Valencia, Spain, Utopia, ilusion y adaptation, Valencia International Museum of Art, 1996, p. 103 (illustrated). (3) Politburo or Secretariat (‘Stalin towers over the assembly in the photo as he did in life.’) Unique altered photograph (study for photograph or poster, not executed) Counter-signed by artist’s son on reverse Gelatin silver print 10 x 15 cm executed circa 1935 Provenance: Son of the artist Purchased from the above by Jack Banning, Paris, late 1970s Ubu gallery, New York, ca 1980 Ida Genstein estate *Published in error as “1938” in catalogs, according to Professor Typitsyn who has verified the authenticity of the works in conversation. Stalin is the largest figure, as he is the most important character in the photograph. In the front row: Anastas Mikoian, Mikhail Kalinin, Vyacheslav Molotov, Lazar Kaganovich, Kliment Voroshilov, and Sergo Ordzhonikidze. In the back row: Stanislav Kosior, Vlas Chubar, Mikhail Tomsky, Pavel Postyshev, Grigori Petrovskii, Andrei Zhdanov, Robert Eikhe, and Nikolai Yezhov. The cut-out figure is Jānis Rudzutaks, a Bolshevik revolutionary and Soviet politician who in 1937 was expelled from the Central Committee. After torture, confession of being a spy, and then a retraction of this confession, Rudzutaks was given death penalty. Figures who fell from grace under Stalin were deleted from visual records.
Hermitage Fine Art
Jul. 12, 2020
A SOVIET CERTIFICATE OF MERIT BY GUSTAV KLUTSIS
Est: $100 - $150
A Soviet Certificate of Merit poster to the labor collective designed by Gustav Klutsis. Autographed by Chutskayev, Abolin, Genkin. The certificate is in excellent condition, with slight folds. Gustav Gustavovich Klutsis (1895 - 1938) - avant-garde artist, poster artist, representative of constructivism, one of the creators of the art of color photo montage.
Antique Arena Inc
Jul. 02, 2020
Gustav KLUTSIS (1895-1938) Ouvriers, Ouvrières Tous aux Élections du Soviet, 1930
Est: €600 - €800
Gustav KLUTSIS (1895-1938) Ouvriers, Ouvrières Tous aux Élections du Soviet, 1930 30 x 22 cm (version réduite). Offset, non entoilée, bon état. Bibliographie : De Groote Utopie. De Russische Avant-garde 1915-1932, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1992, n°437 (variante). Il existe une autre variante de cette affiche avec le texte « Nous réaliseront le Plan des Grands Travaux » dans les collections du Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich.
OGER - BLANCHET
Jun. 18, 2020
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (1895-1938). [THE PURPOSE OF THE UNION IS: THE OVERTHROW OF THE BOURGEOISIE / KARL MARX.] 1933. 59x40 inches, 150x103
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (1895-1938) [THE PURPOSE OF THE UNION IS: THE OVERTHROW OF THE BOURGEOISIE / KARL MARX.] 1933. 59 1/4x40 3/4 inches, 150 1/2x103 1/2 cm. Ogiz-Igoziz, Moscow. Condition B: extensive overpainting over replaced losses in margins and central image; water staining at top and bottom, affecting image and text; repaired tears, creases and abrasions in image and along vertical and horizontal folds. Mounted on Japan. "The purpose of the union is: the overthrow of the bourgeoisie, the rule of the proletariat, the destruction of the old, resting on the class opposites of bourgeois society, and the creation of a new society without classes and private property. K. Marx." Born in Latvia, Klutsis studied at the influential Svomas/Vkhutemas art school under Malevich and Pevsner, and then went on to become a founding member of "October," a group of artists dedicated to serving the needs of the proletariat throughout the USSR. Klutsis became the Soviet Union's most prolific photomontage virtuoso, designing emblematic posters to inspire the Communist cause throughout the 1920s and 1930s. In 1938, despite his exceptional work for the cause, Stalin had Klutsis arrested and executed along with other Latvian. Rare. We have found no other examples at auction. Klutsis / Kulagina p. 64.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 05, 2019
KLUTSIS, GUSTAV (1895–1938) A Poster “Piatiletku prevratim v chetyrekhletku”
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
KLUTSIS, GUSTAV (1895–1938) A Poster “Piatiletku prevratim v chetyrekhletku” , Moscow-Leningrad, Gosudarstvennoe izdatelstvo, 1930; Glavlit No. A 60448; signed and dated 1930 in the plate. Colour lithograph on paper, laid on canvas, 105.5 by 74 cm (canvas size).
MacDougall's
May. 18, 2019
[KLUTSIS] STAATSTHEATER W. MEYERHOLD, 1930
Est: $1,200 - $2,000
[KLUTSIS] STAATSTHEATER W. MEYERHOLD, 1930 STAATSTHEATER W. MEYERHOLD: AUSLANDSTOURNEE, 1930 [ The State Theater of V. Meyerhold: German Tour, 1930] (Berlin: Petropolis-Verglag, 1930). 8vo (245 x 185 mm). 46 pp. With original Constructivist silver wrappers designed by Gustav Klutsis (Latvian 1895-1938), signed KLUCIS on the back wrapper. Illustrated with photographs by Aleksey Temerin (Russian 1889-1977). Text in German. LOT NOTES The following theater program was prepared for the 1930 German tour of the legendary theater company founded by Vsevolod Meyerhold (Russian 1874-1940). The brochure includes cast biographies and photographs, as well as descriptions and photographs of productions, including Der Waltige Hahnrei (1922), based on the Fernand Crommelynck play Le Cocu magnifique and designed by Lyubov Popova. The production was among the last plays by a Jewish author to be staged in Germany prior to the Nazi rise to power. Walter Benjamin, who had been gifted tickets to the show by Meyerhold, wrote in his diary of the " remarkable set for the Cocu Magnifique."
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Feb. 24, 2019
Million Workers. 1930.
Est: $10,000 - $12,000
ARTIST: GUSTAV G. KLUTSIS (1895-1938) SIZE: 28 7/8 x 41 3/8 in./73.4 x 105 cm PRINTER: DESCRIPTION: "A Latvian subject of the Russian empire, Gustav Klutsis came to Russia proper during the 1917 Revolution as part of a volunteer machine-gunner unit that helped to topple the czar and safeguard the new Soviet leaders, including Vladimir Lenin. Klutsis had studied painting at home and continued in art schools during and after his military service, ending up at the radically progressive Higher State Artistic and Technical Workshops (VKhUTEMAS)the cradle of Constructivism. By the early 1920s, Klutsis had worked his way through the rigorous exploration of elemental shapes and basic materials called for by that movement and began to put the Constructivist ethos of honesty and utility to use in agitational propaganda... Klutsis brought photomontage to its peak of expression in posters from 1930 and after that blended workers bodies (in some cases his own) and their machines with the heads of leaders of the Soviet state to forge a collective juggernaut for modernization. These posters, printed in the tens of thousands, helped transform the Soviet visual landscape in the early Stalinist era. Nevertheless, Klutsis was killed along with scores of other Latvians on Stalins orders during purges later in the decade" (Art Institute of Chicago). The text here reads, "With the efforts of millions of workers involved in the socialist competition, we will convert the five-year plan into a four-year plan." Rare! (Russian; Propaganda)
Poster Auctions International Inc
Oct. 28, 2018
Development of Transport. 1929.
Est: $12,000 - $15,000
ARTIST: GUSTAV G. KLUTSIS (1895-1944) SIZE: 20 x 28 3/4 in./50.6 x 73 cm PRINTER: State Publishers, Moscow DESCRIPTION: The First Five-Year Plan of Russia was a list of economic goals decreed by Joseph Stalin to strengthen the USSR's economy between 1928 and 1932, making the nation both militarily and industrially self-sufficient. The fine photomontage locomotives used in this Klutsis design focus on the Development of Transport One of the Most Serious Tasks in Fulfilling the Five-Year Plan. Not only are the actual numbers of first-year achievements listed on the poster, but also projections for the following year in the areas of capital investment, basic funding and railroad freight turnover. One of the members of the Russian Constructivist movement, Latvia-born Klutsis joined the Soviet avant-garde in the early years of the Bolshevik regime. He continued to produce posters well into the Stalinist period, using photography and montage, and also maintaining many of the constructivist design principles. Sometimes . . . he took the photograph himself, using documentary photographs which he montaged, or photographs with an angled view . . . Klutsis usually succeeds in avoiding the potentially idealized, sentimental or utopian nature of this gaze as it tended to be used in the realism of the 30s, by introducing an element of confrontation . . . or shock, which depends essentially upon montage (Avant-Garde, p. 56). Like many of his colleagues, he was betrayed by the system, imprisoned in 1938 and eventually died in a forced-labor camp. Rare! (Russian Avant-Garde; Rail)
Poster Auctions International Inc
Oct. 06, 2018
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (LATVIAN 1895-1938), FIVE YEAR PLAN IN FOUR YEARS, 1930 SOCIALIST POSTER
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (LATVIAN 1895-1938), FIVE YEAR PLAN IN FOUR YEARS, 1930 SOCIALIST POSTER GUSTAV KLUTSIS (LATVIAN 1895-1938), USILIYAMI MILLIONOV RABOCHIH, VOVLECHENNYH V SOTSIALISTICHESKOE SOREVNOVANIE, PYATILETKU PREVRATIM V CHETYREHLETKU [ With the Effort of Millions of Workers Involved in the Socialist Competition, Turn the Five-Year Plan Into a Four-Year Plan] (Moscow-Leningrad: GIZ, 1930), edition of 30 000, 103 x 71 cm (28 x 40 1/2 x 28 in.), signed and dated in plate lower right
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Nov. 18, 2017
Pencil drawing ''Figural composition'' by Klucis Gustav Gustavovich (1895-1938)
Est: €500 - €1,250
20th century 20's. Paper. pencil. 13.3x15.5 cm
Artembassy
Nov. 18, 2017
Pencil drawing ''Guard of the Daugava'' by Klucis Gustav Gustavovich (1895-1938)
Est: €500 - €1,250
20th century 20's. Paper. pencil. 13x17 cm
Artembassy
Nov. 18, 2017
Pencil drawing ''Geometry I'' by Klucis Gustav Gustavovich (1895-1938)
Est: €2,000 - €5,000
20th century 20's. Paper. pencil. 31x22.7 cm
Artembassy
Nov. 18, 2017
'Drawing '''Geometry II'' by Klucis Gustav Gustavovich (1895-1938)
Est: €2,000 - €5,000
20th century 20's. Paper. pencil. 31.5x22.5 cm
Artembassy
Nov. 18, 2017
Drawing ''Study for dynamic construction'' by Klucis Gustav Gustavovich (1895-1938)
Est: €7,200 - €18,000
1921. Paper. graphite and colour pencils. 29.8х19 cm. Signed lower right: G.Klucis In the Latvian National Museum of Art one whole room is dedicated to Gustav Klucis artworks.
Artembassy
Jul. 08, 2017
Poster by Gustav G. Klutsis - USSR shock brigade of world proletariat. Proletarians of all countries defend
Est: €750 - €2,500
USSR shock brigade of world proletariat. Proletarians of all countries defend - 103x73, ca. 1930, top half of poster only by Gustav G. Klutsis (1895-1944)
Van Sabben Poster Auctions
May. 25, 2017
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (1895-1938). [LONG LIVE THE MULTIMILLION - MEMBER LENINIST KOMSOMOL.] 1932. 59x41 inches, 150x104 cm. Ogiz-Izogiz, Mosco
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (1895-1938) [LONG LIVE THE MULTIMILLION - MEMBER LENINIST KOMSOMOL.] 1932. 59x41 1/4 inches, 150x104 3/4 cm. Ogiz-Izogiz, Moscow. Condition B: restored losses, repaired tears, creases, abrasions and restoration in margins and image and along vertical and horizontal folds and seam. Two-sheets. Framed. Klutsis himself explained that "new social challenges, the class struggle, construction projects, socialist colossi - all required a new approach to design, at once objective and documentary. A new art was needed, armed by technology and chemistry, an art that stood side by side with socialist industry, a new, militant art, which could organize the will of the masses and direct the activities of the working class along planned lines (the five-year plans)" (Clash of Ideologies p. 100). One of Klutsis'' favorite recurring motifs, to convey an irresistible impression of strength and movement, was a row of three or four people marching side-by-side, carrying their tools, weapons or flags. Often Klutsis and his wife Valentina Kulagina used photographs of themselves in marching poses as preparatory studies for these posters. Klutsis / Strasbourg p. 113.
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 26, 2017
Poster by Gustav G. Klutsis - USSR shock brigade of world proletariat. Proletarians of all countries defend
Est: €850 - €2,500
USSR shock brigade of world proletariat. Proletarians of all countries defend - 103x73, ca. 1930, top half of poster only by Gustav G. Klutsis (1895-1944)
Van Sabben Poster Auctions
Mar. 18, 2017
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (LATVIAN-RUSSIAN 1895-1938)
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (LATVIAN-RUSSIAN 1895-1938) Long Live Lenin`s Multimillion Komsomol, 1932 lithograph in colors 146 x 104 cm (57 1/2 x 41 in.) [sight] signed and dated in plate PROVENANCE Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York Christie`s New York, January 10, 2012, lot 155 Private Collection, New Jersey (acquired at the above sale) DA ZDRAVSTVUYET MNOGOMILLIONNIY LENINSKIY KOMSOMOL [Long Live Lenin`s Multimillion Komsomol]
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Nov. 08, 2016
KLUTSIS Gustav G 1895 1938
Est: €6,000 - €7,000
KLUTSIS Gustav G 1895 1938 Lithographie, 1931 "Vive lUnion Soviétique Fraternité des travailleurs de toutes les nationalités du monde" 86 x 120,5 cm
The Bru Sale Gallery
Apr. 28, 2016
Gustav Klucis (1895-1938), Radio Orator, Watercolor, 1920s
Est: €2,000 - €2,600
Watercolor and Indian ink on cardboard Latvia, 1920s Gustav Klucis (1895-1938) - Latvian artist and pioneer of photography; important exponent of the early 20th century constructuvist avangtarde Signed in Cyrillic ‘Klucis’ lower right Inscribed ‘RADIO ORATOR’ in Cyrillic within the depiction Dimensions: 51 x 31.5 cm Provenance: Estate of Princess Marie Louise of Looz-Corswarem (1921-2007); private collection, Germany In 1922/23, Gustav Klucis created several so-called constructivist ‘speaker tribunes’, in which he staged the apparatus without contribution of human beings Condition: The work shows a restored tear to the lower right (the restoration is slightly damaged). The left corner shows a major moisture mark. The cardboard is slightly discolored and bumped to the corners. The dimensions are 51 x 31.5 cm. Gustav Klucis (1895-1938) In 1912, Klucis began training in art, before he went to Moscow in 1918. There he studied art under Kazimir Malevich and Antoine Pevsner. From 1924 to 1930, he was a professor of color theory at the art school Wchutemas. Klucis created primarily political art for the Soviet state. In 1938 he was arrested and executed shortly before he went to visit the New York World's Fair, despite his loyalty to the state. Klucis became famous especially with his political photomontages, which he established next to Hannah Höch, Raoul Hausmann and El Lissitzky, and for which he often acted as a model himself. (cko) Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance.
Auctionata Paddle8 AG
Dec. 12, 2015
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (LATVIAN-RUSSIAN 1895-1938)
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (LATVIAN-RUSSIAN 1895-1938) Mirovoi Oktyabr` [World October], gouache and pencil on paper 29 x 21.5 cm (11 3/8 x 8 1/2 in.) signed lower left; titled on verso PROVENANCE Collection of the artist`s wife, Valentina Kulagina N. Lapidus, who co-ordinated Klutsis` first show in 1970 Bonhams, London, May 31, 2007, lot 79 Private Collection, New York
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Dec. 12, 2015
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (LATVIAN-RUSSIAN 1895-1938)
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (LATVIAN-RUSSIAN 1895-1938) Dinamika [Dynamics], gouache and pencil on paper 29 x 21 cm (11 3/8 x 8 1/4 in.) signed lower right; titled on verso PROVENANCE Collection of the artist`s wife, Valentina Kulagina N. Lapidus, who co-ordinated Klutsis` first show in 1970 Bonhams, London, May 31, 2007, lot 77 Private Collection, New York
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Oct. 10, 2015
Klucis, Gustav Umschlag zu Alexei E. Krutscho
Est: €160 - €240
Klucis, Gustav Umschlag zu Alexei E. Krutschonych "Na borbu s chuliganstvom v literature" (Zum Kampf mit dem Rowdytum in der Literatur). Moskau, 1926. 17 x 26 cm. Unter Passepartout montiert. Hervorragend gestalteter Umschlag des Fotografen und bedeutenden Mitglieds der konstruktivistischen russischen Avantgarde Gustavs Klucis (1895-1938), der für seine sowjetische Revolutionspropaganda und spätere stalinistische Propaganda bekannt ist. - Mittelfalte, unteres Kapital mit winziger Fehlstelle, leicht gebräunt und angestaubt.
Nosbüsch & Stucke GmbH
Oct. 25, 2014
KLUTSIS, GUSTAV (1895-1938), Illustrator, KON,
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
KLUTSIS, GUSTAV (1895-1938), Illustrator, KON, Feliks, Ed., Pamiati pogibshikh vozhdei [In Memory of Fallen Leaders] Moscow: Moskovskii rabochii, 1927. WITH ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHED PHOTOMONTAGE COVER BY GUSTAV KLUTSIS (LATVIAN-RUSSIAN 1895-1938). Hard Cover. 355 x 270 mm. Illustrated with photographic plates. According to Valentina Kulagina-Klutsis, copies of this book were withdrawn from circulation by the Soviet government, due to political reasons. Rare.
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Sep. 21, 2014
First of May - Day of the International Proletarian Solidarity. 1930
Est: $4,000 - $5,000
Artist: GUSTAV G. KLUTSIS (1895-1944) & SERGEI SENKIN (1894-1963) Size: 28 x 41 1/4 in./71 x 104.8 cm One of Klutsis's most iconic photomontage posters, this rousing design celebrates May Day, a worldwide holiday in honor of workers.
Poster Auctions International Inc
Jun. 04, 2014
KLUTSIS, GUSTAV (1895-1938) A Poster "Pyatiletku prevratim v chetyrekhletku"
Est: £6,000 - £9,000
KLUTSIS, GUSTAV (1895-1938) A Poster "Pyatiletku prevratim v chetyrekhletku" , signed and dated 1930 in the plate. Lithograph on paper, laid on canvas, 105 by 73 cm. Edition of 30,000. Provenance: Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York (label on the backboard). Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2002. Private collection, USA. Exhibited: 4+4. Two Generations of Russian Avant-Garde, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, 20 September-7 October 2001. Literature: Exhibition catalogue, N. Kolodzei, 4+4. Two Generations of Russian Avant-Garde, New York, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, 2001, p. 8, illustrated.
MacDougall's
May. 29, 2014
KLUCIS Gustav 1895-1938
Est: €8,000 - €10,000
KLUCIS Gustav 1895-1938 Clock project for the organization of work, 1922-1924 Drawing, gouache, pastel and collage Exhibited Gmurzynska Gallery, Cologne, Germany, 1988 and Kassel Museum, 1991 Certificate T. Zelioukina 29,3 x 20 cm
The Bru Sale Gallery
May. 29, 2014
KLUCIS Gustav 1895-1938
Est: €2,200 - €2,500
KLUCIS Gustav 1895-1938 Construction dynamique Drawing and ink Signed down right Certificate 27,5 x 22 cm
The Bru Sale Gallery
May. 21, 2014
Gustav Klutsis (1895-1938)
Est: £5,000 - £7,000
Gustav Klutsis (1895-1938) >WARM WISHES TO MAXIM GORKY<br>photography and lithography, 1932, printed by Ogiz-Izogiz, Moscow, condition B/B+; backed on japan >36Â½ x 23 in. (93 x 59 cm.)<br>
Christie's
May. 21, 2014
Gustav Klutsis (1895-1938)
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Gustav Klutsis (1895-1938) >3RD YEAR OF THE 5 YEAR PLAN<br>photography and lithography, 1930, printed by Izogiz, Moscow, condition B; backed on japan > 41 x 29 in. (104 x 74 cm.)<br>
Christie's
Mar. 29, 2014
GUSTAV KLUCIS (RUSSIAN 1895-1938), 'NOT', ink,
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
GUSTAV KLUCIS (RUSSIAN 1895-1938), 'NOT', ink, watercolor and newspaper clips on paper, 30 x 20.1 cm (11 7/8 x 8 1/8 in.) [sight], signed in Cyrillic Klucis lower right,
Shapiro Auctions LLC
Dec. 03, 2013
KLUCIS Gustav 1895-1938 Construction dynamique Drawing and ink Signed down right Certificate 27,5 x 22 cm
Est: €2,200 - €2,500
KLUCIS Gustav 1895-1938 Construction dynamique Drawing and ink Signed down right Certificate 27,5 x 22 cm
The Bru Sale Gallery