proof print for the paper cover for set of cards:
(Pro dva kvadrata. Suprematicheskii skaz v 6-ti postroikakh)
SUPREMATISCH WORDEN
VAN TWEE KWADRATEN
IN 6 KONSTRUKTIES
De Stijl, The Hague
1922
only recto
size print: 10.8 x 8.5 cm
size paper: 14.2 x 21.8 cm.
letter-print in lead in red and black on white paper
the print is an original Constructivist typographical composition by Lissitzky
it is described and depicted in all books on modernist typography and on De Stijl and Lissitzky
(The set of cards with wrapper was published along with the book.)
Dutch translation from German of text most likely by Theo van Doesburg!
cf.:
- Friedman, p.159
- www .joodsvirtueelmuseum .nl/kunstenaar/el-lissitzky/
- www .feldmanauctions .com/fia-auctions/feldman-international-auctioneers-inaugural-auction/fia-general-sale/40107/art-impressionniste-moderne-impressionist-modern-art-el-lissitzky-lazar-markovich-lissitzk-000000001/?soff_session_page=3&soff_query_hash=c166dab29646d4db145af52917fb873a
rare print:
the last one sold at an auction (Zwiggelaar, 2023) fetched €700 + 30% = €910, or $1068...)
it was bought by a German art dealer
The print is in very good condition;
two folds outside the print, as usual,
somewhat fragile paper slightly browned, as always