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About Two Squares: A Suprematist Tale of Two Squares in Six Constructions

A work made of book with offset lithograph, lithography, and letterpress in black and red on cream wove paper, stapled along the spine.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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  • A work made of book with offset lithograph, lithography, and letterpress in black and red on cream wove paper, stapled along the spine.

Date:

1922

Artist:

El Lissitzky (Russian, 1890-1941)
published by Theo van Doesburg (Dutch, 1883–1931)

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

El Lissitzky

Title

About Two Squares: A Suprematist Tale of Two Squares in Six Constructions

Place

Russia (Artist's nationality:)

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1922

Medium

Book with offset lithograph, lithography, and letterpress in black and red on cream wove paper, stapled along the spine

Dimensions

Book, closed: 28 × 22.2 × 0.5 cm (11 1/16 × 8 3/4 × 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Laura T. Magnuson Acquisition Fund

Reference Number

2011.855

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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