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EL LISSITZKY Russian 1890-1941 Gouache on Paper

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EL LISSITZKY Russian 1890-1941 Gouache on Paper
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Gouache on paper. Featuring an abstract expressionist composition. Signed and attr. El Lissitzky (Russian, 1890-1941) on the lower right corner. 21.5 x 31 (8.5 x 12.2 in). Russian avant-garde artist El Lissitzky, made a career of utilizing art for social and political change. Although often highly abstract and theoretical, Lissitzky's work was able speak to the prevailing political discourse of his native Russia, and then the nascent Soviet Union. Following Kazimir Malevich in the Suprematist idiom, Lissitzky used color and basic shapes to make strong political statements. Lissitzky also challenged conventions concerning art, and his Proun series of two-dimensional Suprematist paintings sought to combine architecture and three-dimensional space with traditional, albeit abstract, two-dimensional imagery. A teacher for much of his career and ever an innovator, Lissitzky's work spanned the media of graphic design, typography, photography, photomontage, book design, and architectural design. The work of this cerebral artist was a force of change, deeply influencing modern art including the De Stijl artists and Bauhaus instructors. PROVENANCE: Private European estate