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EL LISSITZKY (1890-1941)

Lot 146
19.05.2026 00:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 146 | EL LISSITZKY (1890-1941)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
EL LISSITZKY (1890-1941)
Proun Study
inscribed in Russian 'K Udaram' (lower left)
gouache and pencil on paper
7 x 4 ½ in. (17.6 x 11.4 cm.)
Executed circa 1920




Provenance

Sophie Lissitzky-Küppers, Moscow (widow of the artist).
Ella Winter, London (acquired from the above, 1944).
Peter Steffens, Bellingham, Washington (son of the above).
Annely Juda Fine Art, London (acquired from the above, by 1978).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, September 1978.



Literature

A. Tapert, "Mica Ertegun: Fine-Tuning an Enduring Arrangement in Manhattan" in Architectural Digest, vol. 54, no. 7, September 1997, p. 172 (illustrated in color in situ at the Ertegun Manhattan residence).



Exhibited

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Verzameling Ella Winter, December 1961-January 1962, no. 624.
Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum; Kunsthalle Basel and Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, El Lissitzky, December 1965-April 1966, no. A19.
London, Grosvenor Gallery, An Introduction to El Lissitzky, September-October 1966, no. 11.
Berlin, Akademie der Künste, Avantgarde 1910-1930 Osteuropa, October-November 1967, no. 167.
Strasbourg, British Council, Europe about 1918, 1968.
London, Annely Juda Fine Art, The Non-Objective World 1914-1924, June-September 1970, no. 18 (illustrated).
London, Hayward Gallery, Art in Revolution, February-April, 1971.
Frankfurt, Kunstverein; Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein and Cologne, Kunsthalle, Kunst in der Revolution, April 1972-January 1973, no. 22.
London, Annely Juda Fine Art, The Suprematist Straight Line, June-September 1977, no. 21 (illustrated, p. 71).
London, Annely Juda Fine Art, The Non-Objective World: Twenty-Five Years, 1914-1939, June-September 1978, p. 52, no. 96 (illustrated, p. 57).
Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, The Russian Avant-Garde, 1910-1925: New Perspectives, July 1980-January 1981, no. 134.
Artist:El Lissitzky (1890 - 1941)
Applied technique:Gouache
Art style:Constructivism
Place of origin:Eastern Europe, Europe, Russia
Auction house category:Watercolors and drawings
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