Artworks · El Lissitzky

Erste russische Kunstausstellung (The First Russian Art Exhibition)

1922 · Book with letterpress cover

page: 8 3/4 x 5 9/16" (22.2 x 14.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ptitsa bezymiannaia. Izbrannye stikhi 1917-1921 (Bird without a Name: Collected verse 1917-1921)

1922 · Book, letterpress printed

page (each): 8 3/16 x 5 1/8" (20.8 x 13 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Shest' povestei o legkikh kontsakh (Six Tales with Easy Endings)

1922 · Illustrated book with seven letterpress illustrations (including cover)

page (each): 7 15/16 × 5 7/16" (20.2 × 13.8 cm); overall (closed): 8 3/16 × 5 5/8 × 1/2" (20.8 × 14.3 × 1.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ravvi (Rabbi)

1922 · Book, letterpress printed

page (each): 7 13/16 x 5 7/16" (19.8 x 13.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Vladimir Maiakovskii, "Misteriia" ili "Buff" (Vladimir Mayakovsky, "Mystery" or "Bouffe")

1922 · Book, letterpress printed

page (each): 8 11/16 x 5 15/16" (22.1 x 15.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Veshch, no. 1-2

1922 · Journal with letterpress cover

page (each): 12 3/16 × 9 1/4" (31 × 23.5 cm); overall (closed): 12 1/4 × 9 5/16 × 1/8" (31.1 × 23.6 × 0.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pro dva kvadrata. Suprematicheskii skaz v 6-ti postroikakh (About Two Squares: A Suprematist Tale of Two Squares in Six Constructions)

1922 · Illustrated book with seven letterpress illustrations (including cover)

page (each): 10 15/16 x 8 7/8" (27.8 x 22.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Wendingen

1921 · color lithograph; cover for the illustrated magazine "Wendingen" [plus the 36-page text]

sheet: 33 x 66.5 cm (13 x 26 3/16 in.) sheet: 33 x 33.2 cm (13 x 13 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Wendingen vol. 4, no. 11

1921 · Journal with lithographed and letterpress printed cover

Page: 12 15/16 x 12 1/2" (32.9 x 31.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Proun

1920 · Collage of various cut-and-pasted papers, including abrasive paper (prepared with gouache and silver metallic paint), on cream wove paper, laid down on tan laminate board

29.9 × 37.9 cm (11 13/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Proun

1920 · Portfolio of eleven lithographs and unique manifesto, colophon, front and back covers in gouache, ink, and pencil

dimensions vary

Museum of Modern Art

Proun 1 E from Proun

1920 · Lithograph from a portfolio of eleven lithographs and unique manifesto, colophon, front and back covers in gouache, ink, and pencil

composition: 8 3/4 x 10 13/16" (22.2 x 27.4 cm); sheet: 14 x 17 7/8" (35.6 x 45.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Proun 5 A from Proun

1920 · Lithograph from a portfolio of eleven lithographs and unique manifesto, colophon, front and back covers in gouache, ink, and pencil

composition: 10 7/8 x 10 9/16" (27.6 x 26.8 cm); sheet: 17 1/2 x 14" (44.5 x 35.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Manifesto and colophon from Proun

1920 · Gouache, ink, and pencil on paper (double-sided) from a portfolio of eleven lithographs and unique manifesto, colophon, front and back covers in gouache, ink, and pencil

sheet: 17 15/16 x 26 15/16" (45.6 x 68.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Proun 2 D from Proun

1920 · Lithograph from a portfolio of eleven lithographs and unique manifesto, colophon, front and back covers in gouache, ink, and pencil

composition: 8 7/16 x 10 9/16" (21.5 x 26.9 cm); sheet: 13 1/2 x 17 5/8" (34.3 x 44.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Proun 6 B from Proun

1920 · Lithograph from a portfolio of eleven lithographs and unique manifesto, colophon, front and back covers in gouache, ink, and pencil

composition (diameter): 9 3/4 x 9 3/4" (24.8 x 24.8 cm); sheet: 13 7/16 x 17 1/2" (34.2 x 44.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Proun 2 B from Proun

1920 · Lithograph from a portfolio of eleven lithographs and unique manifesto, colophon, front and back covers in gouache, ink, and pencil

composition: 8 1/16 x 10 3/8" (20.4 x 26.4 cm); sheet: 13 1/2 x 17 15/16" (34.3 x 45.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Proun 1 A from Proun

1920 · Lithograph from a portfolio of eleven lithographs and unique manifesto, colophon, front and back covers in gouache, ink, and pencil

composition: 6 11/16 x 11 7/8" (17 x 30.2 cm); sheet: 13 15/16 x 17 5/16" (35.4 x 44 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Back cover from Proun

1920 · Gouache and pencil on prepared board from a portfolio of eleven lithographs and unique manifesto, colophon, front and back covers in gouache, ink, and pencil

sheet (irreg.): 18 1/8 x 14 3/16" (46 x 36 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Proun 1 D from Proun

1920 · Lithograph from a portfolio of eleven lithographs and unique manifesto, colophon, front and back covers in gouache, ink, and pencil

composition: 8 7/16 x 10 9/16" (21.5 x 26.9 cm); sheet: 13 1/2 x 17 5/8" (34.3 x 44.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Proun 1 from Proun

1920 · Lithograph from a portfolio of eleven lithographs and unique manifesto, colophon, front and back covers in gouache, ink, and pencil

composition: 10 1/16 x 13 5/16" (25.6 x 33.8 cm); sheet: 13 1/2 x 17 3/8" (34.3 x 44.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Proun 1 C from Proun

1920 · Lithograph from a portfolio of eleven lithographs and unique manifesto, colophon, front and back covers in gouache, ink, and pencil

composition: 9 3/16 x 9 3/16" (23.3 x 23.3 cm); sheet: 13 7/16 x 17 5/8" (34.2 x 44.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Front cover from Proun

1920 · Gouache, ink, and pencil on prepared board from a portfolio of eleven lithographs and unique manifesto, colophon, front and back covers in gouache, ink, and pencil

sheet (irreg.): 18 1/8 x 14 1/8" (46 x 35.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Proun 2 C from Proun

1920 · Lithograph from a portfolio of eleven lithographs and unique manifesto, colophon, front and back covers in gouache, ink, and pencil

composition: 11 3/4 x 7 15/16" (29.8 x 20.1 cm); sheet: 17 7/8 x 14 1/16" (45.4 x 35.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Proun 3 A from Proun

1920 · Lithograph from a portfolio of eleven lithographs and unique manifesto, colophon, front and back covers in gouache, ink, and pencil

composition: 10 13/16 x 10 3/8" (27.5 x 26.4 cm); sheet: 17 11/16 x 13 7/16" (45 x 34.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Anxious Ones (Ängstliche) from Figurines: The Three-Dimensional Design of the Electro-Mechanical Show Victory over the Sun (Figurinen, die plastische Gestaltung der elektro-mechanischen Schau Sieg über die Sonne)

1920 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs

composition (irreg.): 13 7/8 x 9 3/4" (35.2 x 24.8 cm); sheet: 21 x 17 7/8" (53.3 x 45.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Part of the Mechanical Setting (Teil der Schaumachinerie) from Figurines: The Three-Dimensional Design of the Electro-Mechanical Show Victory over the Sun (Figurinen, die plastische Gestaltung der elektro-mechanischen Schau Sieg über die Sonne)

1920 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs

composition (irreg.): 17 15/16 x 14 9/16" (45.5 x 37 cm); sheet: 21 x 17 13/16" (53.3 x 45.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Sentinel (Zankstifter) from Figurines: The Three-Dimensional Design of the Electro-Mechanical Show Victory over the Sun (Figurinen, die plastische Gestaltung der elektro-mechanischen Schau Sieg über die Sonne)

1920 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs

composition (irreg.): 15 5/16 x 12" (38.9 x 30.5 cm); sheet: 21 1/16 x 17 7/8" (53.5 x 45.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

An Old Man, His Head Two Paces Behind (Alter) from Figurines: The Three-Dimensional Design of the Electro-Mechanical Show Victory over the Sun (Figurinen, die plastische Gestaltung der elektro-mechanischen Schau Sieg über die Sonne)

1920 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs

composition (irreg.): 10 1/8 x 10 5/8" (25.7 x 27 cm); sheet: 21 x 17 15/16" (53.3 x 45.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The New Man (Neuer) from Figurines: The Three-Dimensional Design of the Electro-Mechanical Show Victory over the Sun (Figurinen, die Plastische Gestaltung der elektro-mechanischen Schau Sieg über die Sonne)

1920 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs

composition: 12 1/8 x 12 5/8" (30.8 x 32.1 cm); sheet: 21 x 17 7/8" (53.3 x 45.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Globetrotter from Figurines: The Three-Dimensional Design of the Electro-Mechanical Show Victory over the Sun (Figurinen, die plastische Gestaltung der elektro-mechanischen Schau Sieg über die Sonne)

1920 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs

composition (irreg.): 14 3/16 x 10 1/4" (36 x 26 cm); sheet: 21 x 17 7/8" (53.3 x 45.4cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Proun 19D

1920 · Gesso, oil, varnish, crayon, colored papers, sandpaper, graph paper, cardboard, metallic paint, and metal foil on plywood

38 3/8 x 38 1/4" (97.5 x 97.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Announcer (Ansager) from Figurines: The Three-Dimensional Design of the Electro-Mechanical Show Victory over the Sun (Figurinen, die plastische Gestaltung der elektro-mechanischen Schau Sieg über die Sonne)

1920 · One from a portfolio of ten lithographs

composition (irreg.): 13 3/4 x 11 7/8" (35 x 30.2 cm); sheet: 21 x 18" (53.3 x 45.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Figurines: The Three-Dimensional Design of the Electro-Mechanical Show Victory over the Sun (Figurinen, die plastische Gestaltung der elektro-mechanischen Schau Sieg über die Sonne)

1920 · Portfolio of ten lithographs

composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (each approx.): 21 × 17 7/8" (53.3 × 45.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study for the book About Two Squares: A Suprematist Tale of Two Squares in Six Constructions (Pro dva kvadrata. Suprematicheskii skaz v 6-ti postroikakh)

1920 · Watercolor and pencil on board

10 1/8 x 8" (25.7 x 20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Kultur un bildung. Organ fun der idisher apteylung b dem tsentraln bildungs - Kamisariat, nos. 2-3 (25-26) (Culture and Education: Organ for the Yiddish Division of the Central Komisariat for Education)

1920 · Cover with letterpress illustration on front

page: 10 1/8 x 6 1/2" (25.7 x 16.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

"Pro dva kvadrata" by El Lissitzky

1920 · Letterpress

11 x 8 3/4" (28 x 22.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Chad Gadya (The Tale of the Goat)

1919 · illustrated book with color lithographs

page size: 27.3 x 25.5 cm (10 3/4 x 10 1/16 in.) overall size (volume closed): 29 x 26 cm (11 7/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

O novykh systemakh v iskusstve: Statika i skorost’ (On New Systems in Art: Statics and Speed), Vitebsk

1919 · Lithograph

23 × 19.1 cm (9 3/16 × 7 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1919 · Gelatin silver photogram

17.6 × 23.7 cm (6 15/16 × 9 3/8 in.); Image/paper: 17.7 × 23.7 cm (6 15/16 × 9 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Di hun vos hot gevolt hoben a kam (The Hen that Wanted a Comb)

1919 · Book with ten lithographed illustrations

page (each): 4 5/16 × 5 3/4" (11 × 14.6 cm); overall (closed): 4 5/16 × 5 13/16 × 1/16" (11 × 14.7 × 0.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Yingl tsingl khvat (The Mischievous Boy)

1919 · Book with one lithographed and 10 letterpress illustrations

overall: 9 13/16 x 7 13/16 x 3/16" (24.9 x 19.8 x 0.5 cm); each page: 9 3/4 x 7 9/16" (24.8 x 19.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Der milner, di milnerin, un di milshtayner (The Miller, His Wife, and Their Millstones)

1919 · Book with 11 letterpress illustrations

overall: 6 1/8 x 4 5/8 x 1/16" (15.5 x 11.7 x 0.2 cm); each page: 6 1/8 x 4 9/16" (15.5 x 11.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Air de dance pour piano / pesnia pliaska palestinskikh evreev / shira chadashah (Dance Music)

1919 · Cover with letterpress illustration on front

sheet: 14 3/16 x 10 7/16" (36 x 26.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Cover from Komitet po bor'be s bezrabotitsei (Committee to Combat Unemployment)

1919 · Folded sheet with two lithographed illustrations and manuscript text

sheet (folded): 8 3/4 x 7 3/16" (22.2 x 18.2 cm); sheet (unfolded): 8 3/4 x 14 5/16" (22.2 x 36.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Four Teyashim (Four Billygoats) by Ben Zion Raskin

1919 · Letterpress

8 1/4 × 9 15/16 × 3/8" (20.9 × 25.3 × 1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Sikhes kholin. Prager legende (Small Talk: The Legend of Prague), second edition

1917 · Book with 18 letterpress illustrations (including cover)

page (each): 8 7/8 x 11 1/8" (22.5 x 28.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

U rek vavilonskikh. Natsional'no-evreiskaia lirika v mirovoi poezii (By the Rivers of Babylon: Jewish Lyrics in World Poetry)

1917 · Book with letterpress cover

page: 8 15/16 x 7 3/16" (22.7 x 18.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art