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El Lissitzky

Born : 1890Died : 1941

Born in 1890 and died in 1941, El Lissitzky is also referred to in sources as Lazar Markovich Lissitzky and Eliezer Markovich Lissitzky. His practice is described as that of a Soviet artist, designer, photographer, teacher, typographer and architect.

The works listed by the Art Institute of Chicago include two pieces titled Proun, dated 1920 and 1924–25, as well as For Voice (Dlia golosa), from 1923, and About Two Squares: A Suprematist Tale of Two Squares in Six Constructions, from 1922. The same catalogue mentions a cover for foto-auge/oeil and photo/photo-eye (1929), The USSR in Construction (SSSR na stroike), dated from 1930 to 1935, and The Industry of Socialism (Industriia sotsializma), from 1935. These titles and dates attest to the diversity of the works recorded for this period.

This profile brings together identity references for El Lissitzky and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.

Documented auction references

1auction reference

1auction house

Kornfeld

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Works recorded at auction

Kornfeld

Composition

Pencil, watercolour and opaque paint on thin yellowish transparent paper

Original catalogue wording

Komposition
Pencil, watercolour and opaque paint on thin yellowish transparent paper

Date to be documented

Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed

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Sources and references

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Documentary source

SwissArtGallery documentary note based on the cited sources. Titles, media and qualifications are provided in the profile language; the original catalogue wording remains available in each record.
Profile updated : 2026-10-20