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Auction 17 · Lot 381

Suprematisch worden van twedraten in 6 konstrukties [“Of Two Squares- Suprematist Story of Two Squares In Six Constructions”]. As De Stijl vol. 5 no. 10/11. Text in Dutch

Estimate
$5,000–$7,000
Hammer price
Not recorded

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author

LISSITZKY, ELIEZER

printer

De Stijl

Place

The Hague

Publication

1922

Description

FIRST DUTCH EDITION. Edited by Theo van Doesburg. Cover, title and six interior illustrations by EL LISSITZKY. Printed in red and black. Verso of original wrapper designed by van Doesburg. Without Dedication which appeared in the Russian edition

references

Busch-Reisinger Museum Catalogue, El Lissitzky (1987) no. 1922/7 and cf. fig. 15a-l (illustrated) (Russian edition); Lissitzky-Küppers, El Lissitzy: Life Letters Texts (1980), pl. 80-91 (Russian edition); Museum of Modern Art Catalogue, The Russian Avant-garde Book 1910-1934 (2002) no.404, pp.153-5 (illustrated) (Russian edition)
pp. (20). Original printed color wrappers. 263x208mm
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