Checklist of the exhibition Note: All objects are from the collections of the Getty Research Institute, unless otherwise noted. When “photograph” is listed as the medium, the item is a documentary photograph of an original design or artwork.
Futurist Beginnings
1. El Lissitzky Cover of Solntse na izlete (Spent sun) Poems by Konstantin Bolshakov Moscow: Tsentrifuga, 1916 88-B24323
2. Natalia Goncharova Cover of Vtoroi sbornik Tsentrifugi (Second Centrifuge collection) Poems by eleven authors Moscow: Tsentrifuga, 1916 90-B4642
3. Natalia Goncharova Cover of Serdtse v perchatke (Heart in a glove) Poems by Konstantin Bolshakov Moscow: Mezonin poezii, 1913 88-B24316
4. Natalia Goncharova Cover of Vetrogradari nad lozami (Gardeners on the vines) Poems by Sergei Bobrov Moscow: Lirika, 1913 88-B24275
1 4a. Natalia Goncharova Pages from Vetrogradari nad lozami (Gardeners on the vines) Poems by Sergei Bobrov Moscow: Lirika, 1913 88-B24275
Yiddish Book Design
5. El Lissitzky Dust jacket from Had gadya (One goat) Children’s illustrated book based on the Jewish Passover song Kiev: Kultur Lige, 1919 1392-150
6a. El Lissitzky Cover of Had gadya (One goat) Children’s illustrated book based on the Jewish Passover song Kiev: Kultur Lige, 1919 1392-150
6b. El Lissitzky Page from Had gadya (One goat) Children’s illustrated book based on the Jewish Passover song Kiev: Kultur Lige, 1919 1392-150
7. El Lissitzky Cover of Sihas hulin: Eyne fun di geshikhten (An everyday conversation: A story) Tale by Moses Broderson Moscow: Ferlag Chaver, 1917 93-B15342
8. El Lissitzky Frontispiece from deluxe edition of Sihas hulin: Eyne fun di geshikhten (An everyday conversation: A story) Tale by Moses Broderson Moscow: Shamir, 1917 93-B15342
2 9. El Lissitzky Cover of Yingl tsingl khvat (The mischievous boy) Children’s book by Mani Leib Warsaw: Kultur Lige, 1922 1399-684
Proun
10. El Lissitzky Cover of Suprematicheskii skaz pro dva kvadrata v shesti postroikakh (Suprematist story of two squares in six constructions) Children’s book by the artist Berlin: Skify, 1922 930030, b. 3, f. 17
11. El Lissitzky Dedication page from Suprematicheskii skaz pro dva kvadrata v shesti postroikakh (Suprematist story of two squares in six constructions) Children’s book by the artist Berlin: Skify, 1922 85-B4897
12. El Lissitzky Lenin Tribune (Proun no. 85), 1924 Design based on sketches from 1920 by Ilya Chashnik Gelatin silver print J. Paul Getty Museum: 94.XM.60.2
13a. First page of Lissitzky’s Suprematicheskii skaz pro dva kvadrata v shesti p ostroikakh (Suprematist story of two squares in six constructions) See nos. 10, 11
13b. Second page of Lissitzky’s Suprematicheskii skaz pro dva kvadrata v shesti postroikakh (Suprematist story of two squares in six constructions) See nos. 10, 11
3 13c. Third page of Lissitzky’s Suprematicheskii skaz pro dva kvadrata v shesti postroikakh (Suprematist story of two squares in six constructions) See nos. 10, 11
13d. Fourth page of Lissitzky’s Suprematicheskii skaz pro dva kvadrata v shesti postroikakh (Suprematist story of two squares in six constructions) See nos. 10, 11
13e. Fifth page of Lissitzky’s Suprematicheskii skaz pro dva kvadrata v shesti postroikakh (Suprematist story of two squares in six constructions) See nos. 10, 11
13f. Sixth page of Lissitzky’s Suprematicheskii skaz pro dva kvadrata v shesti postroikakh (Suprematist story of two squares in six constructions) See nos. 10, 11
14. Kazimir Malevich Pages from Suprematizm. 34 risunka (Suprematism, 34 drawings) Text by the artist Vitebsk: UNOVIS, 1920 85-B4931
15. El Lissitzky Cover of Dlia golosa (For the voice) Poems by Vladimir Mayakovsky Berlin: Lutze & Vogt, 1923 930030, b. 3, f. 9
16a. El Lissitzky Pages from Dlia golosa (For the voice) Poems by Vladimir Mayakovsky Berlin: Lutze & Vogt, 1923 85-B4888
4 16b. El Lissitzky Pages from Dlia golosa (For the voice) Poems by Vladimir Mayakovsky Berlin: Lutze & Vogt, 1923 85-B4888
17a. El Lissitzky Front cover of Wendingen: Maandblad voor bouwen en sieren (Turnings: Monthly magazine for building and decoration), vol. 4, no. 11, 1922 86-S612
17b. El Lissitzky Back cover of Wendingen: Maandblad voor bouwen en sieren (Turnings: Monthly magazine for building and decoration), vol. 4, no. 11, 1922 86-S612
18. El Lissitzky Cover of Das entfesselte Theater: Aufzeichnungen eines Regisseurs (Theater unbound: Notes of a director) Autobiography by Alexander Tairoff Potsdam: G. Kiepenheuer, 1927 85-B16509
19. Page from Lissitzky’s personal address book, [after 1921] 950076, b. 1, f. 7
20. El Lissitzky Cover of Ptitsa bezymiannaia (Nameless bird) Poems by Aleksandr Kusikov Berlin: Skify, 1922 88-B26558
21. El Lissitzky Cover of Ravvi (Rabbi) Play by Olga Forsh (A. Terek, pseud.) Berlin: Skify, 1922 88-B29285
5 22. El Lissitzky Cover of Vladimir Maiakovskii: “Misteriia ili Buff” (Vladimir Mayakovsky: “Mystery or Bouffe”) Monograph by Ivanov-Razumnik Berlin: Skify, 1922 88-B25956
23. El Lissitzky Cover of Erste russische Kunstausstellung (First exhibition of Russian art) Exhibition catalog Berlin: Galerie Van Diemen, 1922 88-B28165
24. El Lissitzky Cover of Broom, vol. 4, no. 3 (February, 1923) 84-S172
25. El Lissitzky Cover of Veshch. Objet. Gegenstand (Object), nos. 1–2 (March–April, 1922) 85-S436
26. El Lissitzky Cover of Veshch. Objet. Gegenstand (Object), no. 3 (May, 1922) 85-S436
Jewish Works from the Proun Period
27. El Lissitzky Cover of 4 Teyashim (Four billy goats) Warsaw: Tarbut, 1922 Reproduced by Jan Tschichold in Imprimatur: Ein Jahrbuch für Bücherfreunde (Imprimatur: A yearbook for book friends), 1932 930030, b. 3, f. 6
6 28. Marc Chagall Cover of Troyer (Mourning) Poems by David Hofstein Kiev: Kultur Lige, 1922 93-B15336
29. [Unidentified artist] Cover of Natan Altman Book by Boris Arvatov Berlin: Petropolis, 1924 90-B23692
30. Facsimile of Lissitzky’s title page from Leib’s Yingl tsingl khvat (The mischievous boy) See no. 9
31. El Lissitzky Cover of Shest povestei o legkikh kontsakh (Six stories about light endings) Stories by Ilya Ehrenburg Moscow and Berlin: Helikon, 1922 88-B25344
32a. Facsimiles of Lissitzky’s frontispiece illustrations from Ehrenburg’s Shest povestei o legkikh kontsakh (Six stories about light endings) : frontispiece for first story See no. 31
32b. Facsimiles of Lissitzky’s frontispiece illustrations from Ehrenburg’s Shest povestei o legkikh kontsakh (Six stories about light endings) : frontispiece for second story See no. 31
32c. Facsimiles of Lissitzky’s frontispiece illustrations from Ehrenburg’s Shest povestei o legkikh kontsakh (Six stories about light endings) : frontispiece for third story See no. 31
32d. Facsimiles of Lissitzky’s frontispiece illustrations from Ehrenburg’s Shest povestei o legkikh kontsakh (Six stories about light endings) : frontispiece for fourth story See no. 31
7 32e. Facsimiles of Lissitzky’s frontispiece illustrations from Ehrenburg’s Shest povestei o legkikh kontsakh (Six stories about light endings) : frontispiece for fifth story See no. 31
32f. Facsimiles of Lissitzky’s frontispiece illustrations from Ehrenburg’s Shest povestei o legkikh kontsakh (Six stories about light endings) : frontispiece for sixth story See no. 31
33. El Lissitzky Sketch for “Shifs-Karta” (Passenger ticket), from Ehrenburg’s Shest povestei o legkikh kontsakh (Six stories about light endings), 1922 Ink and pencil on paper 930030, b. 4, f. 4
Theories of Modernism
34. El Lissitzky Cover of El Lissitzky, Moskau: Schau der Arbeit 1919–23 (El Lissitzky, Moscow: Display of work 1919–23) Pamphlet, 1924 930030, b. 3, f. 11
35a. El Lissitzky Front cover of Nasci (Nature) Special issue of Merz, nos. 8–9 (April–July, 1924) 930030, b. 6, f. 7
35b. El Lissitzky Back cover of Nasci (Nature) Special issue of Merz, nos. 8–9 (April–July, 1924) 930030, b. 6, f. 7
36. El Lissitzky Pages from Nasci (Nature) Special issue of Merz, nos. 8–9 (April–July, 1924) 85-S179
8 37. El Lissitzky and Hans Arp Cover of Die Kunstismen (The isms of art) Book by the artists Erlenbach and Zurich: E. Rentsch, 1925 930030, b. 3, f. 17
38. El Lissitzky and Hans Arp Pages from Die Kunstismen (The isms of art) Book by the artists Erlenbach and Zurich: E. Rentsch, 1925 85-B14480
39. El Lissitzky Letter to Sophie Küppers regarding Die Kunstismen (The isms of art), 1 November 1924 950076, b. 1, f. 2
Victory over the Sun
40. El Lissitzky Cover of Figurinen, die plastische Gestaltung der elektro -mechanischen Schau “Sieg über die Sonne” (Figurines, the three-dimensional design of the electromechanical show “Victory over the Sun”) Portfolio of lithographs Hanover: Leunis & Chapman, 1923 89-F15
41. El Lissitzky Program sheet. Lithograph from Figurinen, die plastische Gestaltung der elektro -mechanischen Schau “Sieg über die Sonne” (Figurines, the three-dimensional design of the electromechanical show “Victory over the Sun”) Hanover: Leunis & Chapman, 1923 89-F15
9 42. El Lissitzky “Schaumachinerie” (Show machinery) Lithograph from Figurinen, die plastische Gestaltung der elektro -mechanischen Schau “Sieg über die Sonne” (Figurines, the three-dimensional design of the electromechanical show “Victory over the Sun”) Hanover: Leunis & Chapman, 1923 89-F15
43. El Lissitzky “Ansager” (Announcer) Lithograph from Figurinen, die plastische Gestaltung der elektro -mechanischen Schau “Sieg über die Sonne” (Figurines, the three-dimensional design of the electromechanical show “Victory over the Sun”) Hanover: Leunis & Chapman, 1923 89-F15
44. El Lissitzky “Ängstliche” (Anxious ones) Lithograph from Figurinen, die plastische Gestaltung der elektro -mechanischen Schau “Sieg über die Sonne” (Figurines, the three-dimensional design of the electromechanical show “Victory over the Sun”) Hanover: Leunis & Chapman, 1923 89-F15
45. El Lissitzky “Globetrotter in der Zeit” (Globetrotter in time) Lithograph from Figurinen, die plastische Gestaltung der elektro -mechanischen Schau “Sieg über die Sonne” (Figurines, the three-dimensional design of the electromechanical show “Victory over the Sun”) Hanover: Leunis & Chapman, 1923 89-F15
46. El Lissitzky “Sportsmänner” (Sportsmen) Lithograph from Figurinen, die plastische Gestaltung der elektro -mechanischen Schau “Sieg über die Sonne” (Figurines, the three-dimensional design of the electromechanical show “Victory over the Sun”) Hanover: Leunis & Chapman, 1923 89-F15
10 47. El Lissitzky “Alter” (Old man) Lithograph from Figurinen, die plastische Gestaltung der elektro -mechanischen Schau “Sieg über die Sonne” (Figurines, the three-dimensional design of the electromechanical show “Victory over the Sun”) Hanover: Leunis & Chapman, 1923 89-F15
48. El Lissitzky “Totengräber” (Gravediggers) Lithograph from Figurinen, die plastische Gestaltung der elektro -mechanischen Schau “Sieg über die Sonne” (Figurines, the three-dimensional design of the electromechanical show “Victory over the Sun”) Hanover: Leunis & Chapman, 1923 89-F15
49. El Lissitzky “Neuer” (New man) Lithograph from Figurinen, die plastische Gestaltung der elektro -mechanischen Schau “Sieg über die Sonne” (Figurines, the three-dimensional design of the electromechanical show “Victory over the Sun”) Hanover: Leunis & Chapman, 1923 89-F15
Marketing Pelikan Ink
50. El Lissitzky The Constructor (Self-Portrait), 1924 Gelatin silver print bearing Lissitzky’s dedication to Jan Tschichold, July 1925 930030, b. 3, f. 3
51. El Lissitzky Advertisement for Pelican Drawing Ink, 1925 Photograph 930030, b. 3, f. 14
11 52. El Lissitzky Advertisement for Pelikan Ink, 1924 Printed illustration 930030, b. 3, f. 15
53. El Lissitzky Proun no. 83, 1924 Gelatin silver print J. Paul Getty Museum: 94.XM.60.1
54. El Lissitzky Kurt Schwitters, ca. 1924–1925 Photomontage; gelatin silver print J. Paul Getty Museum: 95.XM.39
55. El Lissitzky Kurt Schwitters, ca. 1924–1925 Photomontage; gelatin silver print J. Paul Getty Museum: 96.XM.5
56a. El Lissitzky Front page of letter to Sophie Küppers regarding the “Reklamrelief” (Pelikan relief), 6 January 1925 950076, b.1, f. 3
56b. El Lissitzky Back page of letter to Sophie Küppers regarding the “Reklamrelief” (Pelikan relief), 6 January 1925 950076, b.1, f. 3
57a. El Lissitzky Front page of “Gebrauchsanweisung” (Instructions) for Pelikan relief, [1924] Enclosure to Sophie Küppers 950076, b.1, f. 6
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57b. El Lissitzky Back page of “Gebrauchsanweisung” (Instructions) for Pelikan relief, [1924] Enclosure to Sophie Küppers 950076, b.1, f. 6
58. El Lissitzky Wood-panel advertising relief for Pelikan typewriter ribbons, 1924 Photograph 950076, b. 2
59. Reconstruction of Lissitzky’s wood-panel advertising relief for Pelikan typewriter ribbons, based on his model of 1924
Architecture and the Demonstration Space
60. El Lissitzky Hamburg Docks, 1926 Gelatin silver print J. Paul Getty Museum: 94.XM.60.3
61. Faik Tagirov Cover of VKhUTEIN, 1929 School brochure 950052*, b. 7, f. 10
62. El Lissitzky Skyscrapers, 1920s Printed illustration 950076, b. 2
63. El Lissitzky Model for the House of Heavy Industry, 1930 Photograph 950076, b. 2
13 64. El Lissitzky Letter to Sophie Küppers regarding architectural projects, 23 March 1926 950076, b. 1, f. 4
65. El Lissitzky Photomontage of the Wolkenbügel (Cloud-Iron) in Nikitskii Square, 1925 Photograph 950076, b. 2
66. El Lissitzky Drawing of the Wolkenbügel (Cloud-Iron) in Nikitskii Square, [1924] Printed illustration of aerial plan 950076, b. 2
67. El Lissitzky Drawing of the Wolkenbügel (Cloud-Iron) in Nikitskii Square, 1925 Photograph 950076, b. 2
68. El Lissitzky and N. A. Ladovsky Cover of ASNOVA: Izvestiia Assotsiatsii Novykh Arkhitektorov (ASNOVA: Review of the Association of New Architects), 1926 86-S1646
69. El Lissitzky Design for the Room for Constructivist Art, 1926 International Art Exhibition, Dresden Photograph (facsimile of original) 950076, b. 2
70. El Lissitzky Section of the Room for Constructivist Art, 1926 International Art Exhibition, Dresden Photograph 950076, b. 2
14 71. El Lissitzky Section of the Room for Constructivist Art, 1926 International Art Exhibition, Dresden Photograph 950076, b. 2
72. El Lissitzky Design for the Abstract Cabinet, 1927–1928 Provinzialmuseum (Sprengel Museum), Hanover Photograph 950076, b. 2
73. El Lissitzky Letter to Sophie Küppers regarding ASNOVA, 1 July 1925 950076, b.1, f. 3
Printing Trades and Pressa Exhibitions
74. El Lissitzky Design of hall, 1928 Soviet Pavilion, International Press Exhibition, Cologne Photograph 950076, b. 3
75. Aleksandr Naumov and Leonid Teplitsky “The Red Army and the Press,” 1928 Soviet Pavilion, International Press Exhibition, Cologne Photograph 950076, b. 3
76. Mikhail Plaksin “Woman with Sickle and Hammer,” 1928 Soviet Pavilion, International Press Exhibition, Cologne Photograph 950076, b. 3
15 77. Mikhail Plaksin “Woman and the Press,” 1928 Soviet Pavilion, International Press Exhibition, Cologne Photograph 950076, b. 3
78. El Lissitzky Design for a flag stand, 1928 Soviet Pavilion, International Press Exhibition, Cologne Photograph 950076, b. 3
79. El Lissitzky and Sergei Senkin “The Task of the Press Is the Education of the Masses,” 1928 Soviet Pavilion, International Press Exhibition, Cologne Photograph 950076, b. 3
80. Nikolai Simon, designer “The Iron Man,” 1928 Soviet Pavilion, International Press Exhibition, Cologne Photograph 950076, b. 3
81. [El Lissitzky] Display of Soviet newspapers, 1928 Soviet Pavilion, International Press Exhibition, Cologne Photograph 950076, b. 3
82. [El Lissitzky] “The Book for the Masses,” 1928 Soviet Pavilion, International Press Exhibition, Cologne Photograph 950076, b. 3
16 83a. El Lissitzky Cover of Union der Sozialistischen Sowjet-Republiken: Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung, Köln, 1928 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Catalog of the Soviet Pavilion at the International Press Exhibition, Cologne, 1928) Exhibition guidebook 88-B26405
83b. El Lissitzky Title page of Union der Sozialistischen Sowjet-Republiken: Katalog des Sowjet- Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung, Köln, 1928 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Catalog of the Soviet Pavilion at the International Press Exhibition, Cologne, 1928) Exhibition guidebook 88-B26405
83c. El Lissitzky Introduction to foldout from Union der Sozialistischen Sowjet-Republiken: Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung, Köln, 1928 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Catalog of the Soviet Pavilion at the International Press Exhibition, Cologne, 1928) Exhibition guidebook 88-B26405
83d. El Lissitzky First fold of foldout from Union der Sozialistischen Sowjet-Republiken: Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung, Köln, 1928 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Catalog of the Soviet Pavilion at the International Press Exhibition, Cologne, 1928) Exhibition guidebook 88-B26405
83e. El Lissitzky Second fold of foldout from Union der Sozialistischen Sowjet-Republiken: Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung, Köln, 1928 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Catalog of the Soviet Pavilion at the International Press Exhibition, Cologne, 1928) Exhibition guidebook 88-B26405
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83f. El Lissitzky Third fold of foldout from Union der Sozialistischen Sowje t-Republiken: Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung, Köln, 1928 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Catalog of the Soviet Pavilion at the International Press Exhibition, Cologne, 1928) Exhibition guidebook 88-B26405
83g. El Lissitzky Fourth fold of foldout from Union der Sozialistischen Sowjet-Republiken: Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung, Köln, 1928 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Catalog of the Soviet Pavilion at the International Press Exhibition, Cologne, 1928) Exhibition guidebook 88-B26405
83h. El Lissitzky Fifth fold of foldout from Union der Sozialistischen Sowjet-Republiken: Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung, Köln, 1928 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Catalog of the Soviet Pavilion at the International Press Exhibition, Cologne, 1928) Exhibition guidebook 88-B26405
83i. El Lissitzky Sixth fold of foldout from Union der Sozialistischen Sowjet-Republiken: Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung, Köln, 1928 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Catalog of the Soviet Pavilion at the International Press Exhibition, Cologne, 1928) Exhibition guidebook 88-B26405
83j. El Lissitzky Seventh fold of foldout from Union der Sozialistischen Sowjet-Republiken: Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung, Köln, 1928 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Catalog of the Soviet Pavilion at the International Press Exhibition, Cologne, 1928) Exhibition guidebook 88-B26405
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83k. El Lissitzky Eighth fold of foldout from Union der Sozialistischen Sowjet-Republiken: Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung, Köln, 1928 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Catalog of the Soviet Pavilion at the International Press Exhibition, Cologne, 1928) Exhibition guidebook 88-B26405
83l. El Lissitzky Ninth fold of foldout from Union der Sozialistischen Sowjet-Republiken: Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung, Köln, 1928 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Catalog of the Soviet Pavilion at the International Press Exhibition, Cologne, 1928) Exhibition guidebook 88-B26405
83m. El Lissitzky Tenth fold of foldout from Union der Sozialistischen Sowjet-Republiken: Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung, Köln, 1928 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Catalog of the Soviet Pavilion at the International Press Exhibition, Cologne, 1928) Exhibition guidebook 88-B26405
83n. El Lissitzky Eleventh fold of foldout from Union der Sozialistischen Sowjet-Republiken: Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung, Köln, 1928 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Catalog of the Soviet Pavilion at the International Press Exhibition, Cologne, 1928) Exhibition guidebook 88-B26405
83o. El Lissitzky Twelfth fold of foldout from Union der Sozialistischen Sowjet-Republiken: Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung, Köln, 1928 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Catalog of the Soviet Pavilion at the International Press Exhibition, Cologne, 1928) Exhibition guidebook 88-B26405
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83p. El Lissitzky Thirteenth fold of foldout from Union der Sozialistischen Sowjet-Republiken: Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung, Köln, 1928 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Catalog of the Soviet Pavilion at the International Press Exhibition, Cologne, 1928) Exhibition guidebook 88-B26405
83q. El Lissitzky Fourteenth fold of foldout from Union der Sozialistischen Sowjet-Republiken: Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung, Köln, 1928 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Catalog of the Soviet Pavilion at the International Press Exhibition, Cologne, 1928) Exhibition guidebook 88-B26405
83r. El Lissitzky Fifteenth fold of foldout from Union der Sozialistischen Sowjet-Republiken: Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung, Köln, 1928 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Catalog of the Soviet Pavilion at the International Press Exhibition, Cologne, 1928) Exhibition guidebook 88-B26405
83s. El Lissitzky Sixteenth fold of foldout from Union der Sozialistischen Sowjet-Republiken: Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung, Köln, 1928 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Catalog of the Soviet Pavilion at the International Press Exhibition, Cologne, 1928) Exhibition guidebook 88-B26405
83t. El Lissitzky Seventeenth fold of foldout from Union der Sozialistischen Sowjet-Republiken: Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung, Köln, 1928 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Catalog of the Soviet Pavilion at the International Press Exhibition, Cologne, 1928) Exhibition guidebook 88-B26405
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83u. El Lissitzky Eighteenth fold of foldout from Union der Sozialistischen Sowjet-Republiken: Katalog des Sowjet-Pavillons auf der Internationalen Presse-Ausstellung, Köln, 1928 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Catalog of the Soviet Pavilion at the International Press Exhibition, Cologne, 1928) Exhibition guidebook 88-B26405
84. El Lissitzky Ink and crayon drawing from letter to Kurt and Hans Küppers, [1928] 950076, b. 1, f. 6
85. Nikolai Prusakov and Grigorii Borisov “Worker Correspondent,” 1928 Soviet Pavilion, International Press Exhibition, Cologne Photograph 950076, b. 3
86. Nikolai Prusakov and Grigorii Borisov “Farmer Correspondent,” 1928 Soviet Pavilion, International Press Exhibition, Cologne Photograph 950076, b. 3
87. El Lissitzky Letter to Sophie Küppers regarding Pressa, 14 April 1928 950076, b. 1, f. 4
88. El Lissitzky “The Red Star,” 1928 Soviet Pavilion, International Press Exhibition, Cologne Photograph 950076, b. 3
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89. El Lissitzky “The Transmissions,” 1928 Soviet Pavilion, International Press Exhibition, Cologne Photograph 950076, b. 3
90a. El Lissitzky Front cover of Union der Sozialistischen Sowjet-Republiken: Pressa Köln 1928 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Press Exhibition, Cologne, 1928) Booklet 90-B4619
90b. El Lissitzky Back cover of Union der Sozialistischen Sowjet-Republiken: Pressa Köln 1928 (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: Press Exhibition, Cologne, 1928) Booklet 90-B4619
91. El Lissitzky “The Red Star with Crowd,” 1928 Soviet Pavilion, International Press Exhibition, Cologne Photograph 950076, b. 3
92. Gustav Klutsis “The Situation of the Proletariat in the USSR Gets Better and Better,” 1928 Soviet Pavilion, International Press Exhibition, Cologne Photograph 950076, b. 3
93. El Lissitzky Exterior of exhibition hall with banners, 1927 All-Union Printing Trades Exhibition, Moscow Photograph 950076, b. 2
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94. El Lissitzky Exhibition hall, 1927 All-Union Printing Trades Exhibition, Moscow Photograph 950076, b. 2
95. El Lissitzky Exhibition hall, 1927 All-Union Printing Trades Exhibition, Moscow Photograph 950076, b. 2
96. El Lissitzky Exhibition hall, 1927 All-Union Printing Trades Exhibition, Moscow Photograph 950076, b. 2
97. El Lissitzky Exhibition hall, 1927 All-Union Printing Trades Exhibition, Moscow Photograph 950076, b. 2
98a. El Lissitzky Front cover of Vsesoiuznaia poligraficheskaia vystavka (All-Union Printing Trades Exhibition), 1927 Bulletin 930030, b. 3, f. 12
98b. El Lissitzky Back cover of Vsesoiuznaia poligraficheskaia vystavka (All-Union Printing Trades Exhibition), 1927 Bulletin 930030, b. 3, f. 12
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99. El Lissitzky Sketch for the cover of Vsesoiuznaia poligraficheskaia vystavka (All-Union Printing Trades Exhibition), 1927 Pencil, crayon on paper 930030, b. 3, f. 12
100. El Lissitzky and Solomon Telingater Front cover of Vsesoiuznaia poligraficheskaia vystavka: Putevoditel (All-Union Printing Trades Exhibition: A guidebook), 1927 Exhibition guidebook 930030, b. 3, f. 12
101. El Lissitzky and Solomon Telingater Index pages of Vsesoiuznaia poligraficheskaia vystavka: Putevoditel (All-Union Printing Trades Exhibition: A guidebook), 1927 Exhibition guidebook 91-B6291
102. El Lissitzky Cover of Khorosho! Oktiabrskaia poema (Excellent! October poem) Poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky Leningrad: Gos. izdatelstvo, 1927 88-B27348
103a. El Lissitzky Front cover of Zapiski poeta (Notes of a poet) Autobiography by Ilia Selvinsky Moscow: Gos. izdatelstvo, 1928 88-B28159
103b. El Lissitzky Back cover of Zapiski poeta (Notes of a poet) Autobiography by Ilia Selvinsky Moscow: Gos. izdatelstvo, 1928 88-B28159
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Film and Photo
104. El Lissitzky Cover of Foto-Auge. OEil et Photo. Photo -Eye: 76 Photos of the Period Album of photographs, edited by Franz Roh and Jan Tschichold Stuttgart: F. Wedekind, 1929 84-B22118
105. El Lissitzky Cover of Iaponskoe kino: Vystavka (Japanese cinema exhibition) Exhibition catalog Moscow: Goznak, 1929 88-B25947
106. El Lissitzky Cover of Moi Parizh (My Paris) Text and photographs by Ilya Ehrenburg Moscow: IZOGIZ, 1933 85-B16313
107. El Lissitzky Page from Moi Parizh (My Paris) Text and photographs by Ilya Ehrenburg Moscow: IZOGIZ, 1933 85-B16313
108. El Lissitzky Cover of Arkhitektura. VKhUTEMAS (Architecture. VKhUTEMAS), 1927 Brochure 88-B24031
109. El Lissitzky Design of the Soviet Room, 1929 International Film and Photo Exhibition, Stuttgart Photograph 950076, b. 3
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110. El Lissitzky Demonstration apparatuses for filmstrips, 1929 Soviet Room, International Film and Photo Exhibition, Stuttgart Photograph (facsimile of original) 950076, b. 3
111. El Lissitzky Design of the Soviet Room, 1929 International Film and Photo Exhibition, Stuttgart Photograph 950076, b. 3
112. El Lissitzky Design of the Soviet Room, 1929 International Film and Photo Exhibition, Stuttgart Photograph 950076, b. 3
Designs for the Future
113. El Lissitzky Birth Announcement of the Artist’s Son, 1930 Photograph 930030, b. 3, f. 2
114a. El Lissitzky Front cover of Russland: Die Rekonstruktion der Architektur in der Sowjetunion (Russia: The reconstruction of architecture in the Soviet Union) Text by the artist Neues Bauen in der Welt, vol. 1 Vienna: A. Schroll, 1930 84-B8855
26 114b. El Lissitzky Back cover of Russland: Die Rekonstruktion der Architektur in der Sowjetunion (Russia: The reconstruction of architecture in the Soviet Union) Text by the artist Neues Bauen in der Welt, vol. 1 Vienna: A. Schroll, 1930 84-B8855
115a. El Lissitzky Front cover of Amerika: Die Stilbildung des neuen Bauens in den Vereinigten Staaten (America: The formation of the style of the new architecture in the United States) Text by Richard Joseph Neutra Neues Bauen in der Welt, vol. 2 Vienna: A. Schroll, 1930 84-B8854
115b. El Lissitzky Back cover of Amerika: Die Stilbildung des neuen Bauens in den Vereinigten Staaten (America: The formation of the style of the new architecture in the United States) Text by Richard Joseph Neutra Neues Bauen in der Welt, vol. 2 Vienna: A. Schroll, 1930 84-B8854
116a. El Lissitzky Front cover of Frankreich: Die Entwicklung der neuen Ideen nach Konstruktion und Form (France: The development of new ideas of construction and form) Text by Roger Ginsburger Neues Bauen in der Welt, vol. 3 Vienna: A. Schroll, 1930 84-B8852
116b. El Lissitzky Back cover of Frankreich: Die Entwicklung der neuen Ideen nach Konstruktion und Form (France: The development of new ideas of construction and form) Text by Roger Ginsburger Neues Bauen in der Welt, vol. 3 Vienna: A. Schroll, 1930 84-B8852
27 117. El Lissitzky Dust jacket of Arkhitektura sovremennogo Zapada (Architecture of the modern west) Text by Dmitrii Arkin Moscow: IZOGIZ, 1932 85-B10679
118. El Lissitzky Pages from Gefesselter Blick (Captivated glance) Book by Heinz and Bodo Rasch Stuttgart: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Dr. Zaugg, [1930] 90-B18529
119. El Lissitzky Display on child welfare, 1930 Soviet Pavilion, International Hygiene Exhibition, Dresden Photograph 950076, b. 3
120. El Lissitzky Demonstration room, 1930 Soviet Pavilion, International Hygiene Exhibition, Dresden Photograph 950076, b. 3
121. El Lissitzky Display about workers’ health, 1930 Soviet Pavilion, International Hygiene Exhibition, Dresden Photograph 950076, b. 3
122. El Lissitzky Model for the interior of the Soviet Pavilion, 1930 International Fur Trade Exhibition, Leipzig Photograph 950076, b. 3
28 123. El Lissitzky Entrance, 1930 International Fur Trade Exhibition, Leipzig Photograph 950076, b. 3
124. El Lissitzky Display, 1930 International Fur Trade Exhibition, Leipzig Photograph 950076, b. 3
125. El Lissitzky Display of fur and animal models, 1930 International Fur Trade Exhibition, Leipzig Photograph 950076, b. 3
126. El Lissitzky Display, 1930 International Fur Trade Exhibition, Leipzig Photograph 950076, b. 3
USSR in Construction
127. Es [Sophie Küppers] and El Lissitzky Foldout page with “Soviet Constitution. Article 1: The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Is a Socialist State of Workers and Peasants” USSR im Bau (USSR in construction), nos. 9–12 (September–December, 1937) Issue on Soviet Constitution 87-S197
128. El Lissitzky Letter to Sophie Küppers regarding sanatorium in Abastuman, 20 July 1935 950076, b. 1, f. 5
29 129. Es [Sophie Küppers] and El Lissitzky Page with panorama of Nalchik USSR im Bau (USSR in construction), no. 10 (October, 1936) Issue on Kabardino-Balkarian autonomous region 87-S197
130. Es [Sophie Küppers] and El Lissitzky Cover of No Pasaran! (They shall not pass!), vol. 2 of Ispaniia (Spain) Text by Ilya Ehrenburg Leningrad: OGIZ-IZOGIZ, 1937 88-B25397
131a. El Lissitzky Industriia sotsializma: Tiazhelaia promyshlennost k VII Vsesoiuznomu Sezdu Sovetov (Industry of socialism: Heavy industry for the Seventh Congress of Soviets) Seven separately bound books in slipcase Moscow: IZOGIZ, 1935 88-B30623
131b. El Lissitzky Industriia sotsializma: Tiazhelaia promyshlennost k VII Vsesoiuznomu Sezdu Sovetov (Industry of socialism: Heavy industry for the Seventh Congress of Soviets) Seven separately bound books in slipcase Moscow: IZOGIZ, 1935 88-B30623
132. El Lissitzky Page from SSSR stroit sotsializm = USSR baut den Sozialismus = URSS construit le socialisme = USSR Builds Socialism Moscow: IZOGIZ, 1933 93-B16895
133. Aleksandr Grigorovich, El Lissitzky, and Mikhail Nikolaev Cover of USSR: An Album Illustrating the State Organization and National Economy of the USSR [Moscow]: Scientific Publishing Institute of Pictorial Statistics, [1939] 93-B19303
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