Lot 47
  • 47

El Lissitzky

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 GBP
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Description

  • El Lissitzky
  • Die plastische Gestaltung der Elektro-Mechanischen Schau 'Sieg über die Sonne', Hannover, Rob.Leunis and Chapman GmbH, 1923
  • The extremely rare complete portfolio of ten lithographs printed in colours, 1923, with justification, this copy 75 of 75, the justification and each plate signed in pencil, on wove paper, with full margins, in good condition apart a soft crease to the lower right corner of the justification, with the usual registration holes, occasional minor handling creases, some sheets with a crease at extreme upper edge, loose as published, with original red printed cardboard portfolio cover (slightly worn)

  • overall: 547 by 470mm., 21½ by 18½in.

Literature

J. Bowlt, The Collection of Nikita and Nina Lobanov-Rostovsky, Artists of the Russian Theatre, 1880-1930, Moscow, Istkusstvo, 1994, another set ill. pp.188-189
Russian Avant-Garde, 1908-1922, Exhibition Catalogue, Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York, 1971, another set ill.pp. 80-82