Erste Russische Kunstausstellung, Berlin, 1922, Galerie Van Diemen & Co. ... Unter den Linden 21

El Lissitzky Russian
1922
Not on view
"Die Ausstellung ist veranstaltet vom Russischen Kommissariat für Volksbildungswesen und Kunst, zusammen mit dem Auslandskomitee zur Organisierung der Arbeiterhilfe für die Hungernden in Russland"--Page [2].

Catalogue of the Russian art exhibition at the Van Diemen Gallery in Berlin which introduced the Russian Avant-Garde to Western Europe. The exhibition travelled to Amsterdam where the same catalogue was used with an inserted Dutch introduction.

"The catalogue for this landmark exhibition of Russian art, which had the added distinction of having its cover designed by Lissitzky. The exhibition featured some 700 works of art, many of them avant-garde, including Malevich, Rozanova, Stepanova, Popova, Rodchenko, Lissitzky, Tatlin and Gabo." -- Ursus Rare Books

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  • Title: Erste Russische Kunstausstellung, Berlin, 1922, Galerie Van Diemen & Co. ... Unter den Linden 21
  • Artist: El Lissitzky (Russian, Pochinok 1890–1941 Moscow)
  • Date: 1922
  • Geography: Berlin, Germany
  • Dimensions: 31 pages, 46 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; Height: 9 1/16 in. (23 cm)
  • Object Number: N6988 .E77 1922

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