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Part of the Show Machinery (Teil der Schaumaschinerie)
1923
El Lissitzky
Russian, 1890-1941
European Art
This lithograph is one of ten scenery and costume designs by El Lissitzky for a puppet version of the 1913 Russian Futurist opera Victory over the Sun, a tale of the clash between technological progress and social order set in a utopian universe. In his interpretation of the opera, Lissitzky emphasized its power imbalances through severely abstracted sets and costumes. His new generation’s politicized avant-garde style, Constructivism, enlisted abstract art as a catalyst not just for spiritual experience but also for social change.
- Maker/Artist
- Lissitzky, El
- Classification
- Formatted Medium
- Lithograph on heavy wove paper
- Medium
- lithograph, heavy, wove, paper
- Dimensions
- 17 15/16 x 14 in. (45.5 x 35.5 cm)
- Departments
- European Art
- Accession Number
- 50.191.1
- Credit Line
- By exchange
- Rights Statement
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