El Lissitzky
(Russian, 1890–1941)
Biography
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
Ängstliche, pl. 4 (from Die plastische..., 1923
Sale Date: April 19, 2013
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.jpg "Proun in Material (Proun 83), 1924")
.jpg "Sechs Teller und eine Platte (set of 7), 1920–1929")
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Sechs Teller und eine Platte (set of 7), 1920–1929
Sale Date: February 26, 2013
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El Lissitzky
Beat the whites with red wedge lithograph, 1919
Sale Date: January 31, 2013
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-(+-another;-7-works).jpg "Portraitphotographien (series of 6) (+..., 1924")
El Lissitzky
Portraitphotographien (series of 6) (+..., 1924
Sale Date: December 7, 2012
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.jpg "Ängstliche (from der Figurinenmappe Sieg..., 1923")
El Lissitzky
Ängstliche (from der Figurinenmappe Sieg..., 1923
Sale Date: November 28, 2012
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El Lissitzky
Ansager (from Figurinen, die plastische , 1920–1921
Sale Date: October 30, 2012
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Sportsmanner (from Figurinen, die..., 1920–1921
Sale Date: October 30, 2012
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El Lissitzky
Teil der Schaumaschinerie--als..., 1920–1921
Sale Date: October 30, 2012
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-/-konstrukteur-/-kurt-schwitters-/-lissitzky-mit-sohn-(5-works,-various.jpg "Selbstbildnis (2 Varianten) /..., 1924–1931")
El Lissitzky
Selbstbildnis (2 Varianten) /..., 1924–1931
Sale Date: September 22, 2012
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.jpg "No Pasaran! Ispaniia -- They Shall Not Pass! , 1937")
El Lissitzky
No Pasaran! Ispaniia -- They Shall Not Pass! , 1937
Sale Date: April 10, 2008
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-and-untitled-(2.jpg "Industriia Sotsializma -- Socialist Industry , 1935")
El Lissitzky
Industriia Sotsializma -- Socialist Industry , 1935
Sale Date: April 10, 2008
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.jpg "Raboche-Krest'ianskaia Krasnaia Armiia --..., 1934")
El Lissitzky
Raboche-Krest'ianskaia Krasnaia Armiia --..., 1934
Sale Date: April 10, 2008
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.jpg "Moi Parizh -- My Paris (book w/123 works,..., 1933")
El Lissitzky
Moi Parizh -- My Paris (book w/123 works,..., 1933
Sale Date: April 10, 2008
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.jpg "SSSR Stroit Sotsializm -- USSR Builds..., 1933")
El Lissitzky
SSSR Stroit Sotsializm -- USSR Builds..., 1933
Sale Date: April 10, 2008
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.jpg "Vystavka Iaponskoe Kino -- Exhibition of..., 1929")
El Lissitzky
Vystavka Iaponskoe Kino -- Exhibition of..., 1929
Sale Date: April 10, 2008
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.jpg "Pavilion of the Soviet Union at the PRESSA..., 1928")
El Lissitzky
Pavilion of the Soviet Union at the PRESSA..., 1928
Sale Date: June 6, 2012
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.jpg "Experimental portraits of Kurt Schwitters (3 , 1924")
El Lissitzky
Experimental portraits of Kurt Schwitters (3 , 1924
Sale Date: June 6, 2012
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