El Lissitzky

(Russian, 1890–1941)

El Lissitzky was an avant-garde Russian artist and major figure in both Suprematism and Constructivism. Lissitzky’s politically fueled poster designs, photographs, and paintings melded formal abstraction with typography, as seen in his Proun series. “The artist constructs a new symbol with his brush. This symbol is not a recognizable form of anything which is already finished, already made, already existing in the world,” he once mused. “It is a symbol of a new world, which is being built upon and which exists by way of people.” Born Lazar Markovich Lisitskii on November 23, 1890 to a Jewish family in the small village of Pochinok, Russia. Much of his childhood was spent in Vitebsk, where he studied art from a young age under Yehuda Pen, who also taught Marc Chagall. In 1909, Lissitzky moved to Germany to study architecture at the Technische Universität in Darmstadt. At the outbreak of World War I, he and other Russian emigres were forced back to Russia. After the 1917 Russian Revolution, Lissitzky became involved with the newly formed Soviet government group Inkhuk (Institute for Artistic Culture). His work for the institute included designing exhibitions for Constructivist shows and typographies for books by Vladimir Mayakovsky. Lissitzky died on December 30, 1941 in Moscow, Russia. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in London, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, among others.

El Lissitzky Artworks

El Lissitzky (585 results)
Raboche Krestyanskaya Armiya [The Red Army..., 1934

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Raboche Krestyanskaya Armiya [The Red Army..., 1934

Sale Date: October 19, 2017

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Proun 6B, from Proun, 1919

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Proun 6B, from Proun, 1919

Sale Date: October 25, 2017

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Russische Ausstellung, 1981

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Russische Ausstellung, 1981

Sale Date: October 19, 2017

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Wendingen (= Umschlag, 4. Serie (1921), Nr...., 1921

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Wendingen (= Umschlag, 4. Serie (1921), Nr...., 1921

Sale Date: September 29, 2017

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Conference table, 1923

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Conference table, 1923

Sale Date: August 15, 2017

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Angstliche - 1923, 1923

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Angstliche - 1923, 1923

Sale Date: June 22, 2017

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G7, 1922

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G7, 1922

Sale Date: June 28, 2017

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Ohne Titel. Selbstbildnis, 1924

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Ohne Titel. Selbstbildnis, 1924

Sale Date: June 13, 2017

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Table of conferencier, 1923

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Table of conferencier, 1923

Sale Date: June 8, 2017

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Proun IV - Blatt  4 der I. Kestnermappe, Proun, 1923

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Proun IV - Blatt 4 der I. Kestnermappe, Proun, 1923

Sale Date: June 10, 2017

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Der Prounenraum - Blatt 5 der I...., 1923

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Der Prounenraum - Blatt 5 der I...., 1923

Sale Date: June 10, 2017

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Wendingen, Band 4, Heft No. 11. Sonderheft Frank

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Wendingen, Band 4, Heft No. 11. Sonderheft Frank

Sale Date: June 15, 2017

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Composition (Possibly for a Book Cover)

Attributed to El Lissitzky

Composition (Possibly for a Book Cover)

Sale Date: May 20, 2017

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Belarus. Design for a double page in the..., 1937

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Belarus. Design for a double page in the..., 1937

Sale Date: May 31, 2017

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Ukraine. Design for a double page in the..., 1937

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Ukraine. Design for a double page in the..., 1937

Sale Date: May 31, 2017

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Birth Announcement of the Artist's Son, 1930

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Birth Announcement of the Artist's Son, 1930

Sale Date: May 18, 2017

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Who Is Recognized and Famous in the..., 1938

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Who Is Recognized and Famous in the..., 1938

Sale Date: March 18, 2017

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Portrait of Kurt Schwitters, 1985

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Portrait of Kurt Schwitters, 1985

Sale Date: February 18, 2017

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Proun 5A, 1919

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Proun 5A, 1919

Sale Date: December 10, 2016

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Dziga Vertov with Jen Lissitzky (2..., 1930–1939

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Dziga Vertov with Jen Lissitzky (2..., 1930–1939

Sale Date: November 30, 2016

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Globetrotter in der Zeit, from..., 1920–1921

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Globetrotter in der Zeit, from..., 1920–1921

Sale Date: November 1, 2016

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Posten, from Figurinenmappe. Die plastische..., 1923

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Posten, from Figurinenmappe. Die plastische..., 1923

Sale Date: November 1, 2016

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Birth Announcement of the Artist's Son, 1930

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Birth Announcement of the Artist's Son, 1930

Sale Date: October 27, 2016

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The Constructor, Self-Portrait, 1924–1931

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The Constructor, Self-Portrait, 1924–1931

Sale Date: June 1, 2016

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