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Proun 19D

1920 or 1921

El Lissitzky

Material / technique
Gesso, oil, varnish, crayon, colored papers, sandpaper, graph paper, cardboard, metallic paint, and metal foil on plywood
Attribution / role
Collection / source
The Museum of Modern Art

Artwork notes

Artist-wide context

His Proun pictures use floating geometric forms to explore a space between painting and architecture.

Materials, marks and colour

Artist-wide context; individual works may differ.

Media and surface

Painting, collage and letterpress design ask different questions about a flat surface.

Marks and structure

Floating planes and changing viewpoints make space feel reversible.

Palette and light

Limited red, black and white can organise a page as strongly as a pictorial composition.

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