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Lot 148: LISSITZKY, EL.

El Lizzitsky - 1890-1941

Auction House: Sotheby's

Auction Location: United Kingdom

Auction Date: 2005

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Description: Pro dva kvadrata: suprematicheskii skaz v 6-ti postroikakh [About two squares: a suprematist tale in 6 constructions]. Berlin: "Skythen", 1922

Condition Note:

4to (285 x 225mm.), number 46 of 50 copies in boards, 8 constructivist illustrations (including designs on upper and lower covers) by Lissitzky, printed in red and black, original illustrated boards, loose in boards

CATALOGUE NOTE

first edition. This famous story book for children, designed in Vitebsk in 1920, represents the triumph of order over chaos, symbolised by the red and black squares, and is one of the most remarkable works in Lissitzky's journey from suprematism to constructivism.

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