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El Lissitzky

Potschinok/Smolensk 1890 – 1941 Moscow

Figurines by Michail Plaksin for the Soviet Pavillon in the section "Die Frau und die Presse" of the International Press Exhibition, "Pressa“, in Cologne. Exhibitions architect: El Lissitzky. Trial exhibition in the State Department Store GUM, Moskau. 1928

Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 15,4 × 10,8 cm (6 ⅛ × 4 ¼ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: El Lissitzky. Figurines by Michail Plaksin for the Soviet Pavillon in the section

Estimate:

EUR 3,500

 

- 5,500

USD 3,930

 

- 6,180

Sold for:

3,750 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions Spring 2019

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Vintage. Gelatin silver print. 15,4 × 10,8 cm (6 ⅛ × 4 ¼ in.). Numbered in pencil by various hands on the reverse.

Related literature: Bulletin zur Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung „Pressa". Cologne, 1928, p. 13 (there front page) / Sophie Lissitzky-Küppers: El Lissitzky. Maler, Architekt, Typograf, Fotograf. Erinnerungen, Briefe, Schriften. Dresden, 1967, ill. 143 (there front page) / exh. cat.: El Lissitzky 1890–1941, Retrospektive. Hanover, Sprengel Museum, 1988, p. 241, ill. 267 (there front page).

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