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[Pro Dva Kvadrata. Suprematicheskii Skaz : v 6-ti Postroikakh]
Artist: El Lissitzky (Russian, 1890-1941)
Publisher: Verlag Skythen, Berlin, 1922 [Skify, Berlin]
Printer: E. Haberland, Leipzig
Author: El Lissitzky (Russian, 1890-1941)
Date: 1922
Dimensions:
book: 11 x 8 7/8 in. (280 x 225mm)
page: 11 x 8 7/8 in. (280 x 225mm)
Medium: Reproductions: photolithographs of drawings in black and in colors
Text: letterpress (typographic design)
Paper: off-white wove paper
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Object number: 1980.3
Label Text:El Lissitzky's revolutionary book, dedicated "To all, to all children," is a political fable told through the interactions of elemental geometric shapes and letterforms. The red square destroys the black chaos on earth and builds a new red order in its place. The black square flees into infinity, but there is no ending, "further" is the final word. A metaphor for the Russian Revolution and its utopian promise of social transformation, Lissitzky exhorts the viewer, child or adult, "Don't read, take paper, columns, blocks, fold, color, build."
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