"' (Лазарь Маркович Лисицкий, November 23, 1890 - December 30, 1941), better known as El Lissitzky (Эль Лисицкий"'), was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, teacher, typographer, and architect. He was one of the most important figures of the Russian avant garde, helping develop suprematism with his friend and mentor, Kazimir Malevich, … Wikipedia
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Layout for Vladimir Mayakovsky, Dlia golosa, (For the Voice), 1923, 64 pages 19x13.5cm, with unusual tabs and figures designed by EL. www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/el/elc.html
Featuring some 300 books, this is the most comprehensive exhibition ever devoted exclusively to the illustrated books made during this enormously creative period. Prompted by an extraordinary gift to MoMA of more than 1,000 Russian avant-garde illustrated www.moma.org/exhibitions/2002/russian/
