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El Lissitzky

El Lissitzky: Jenseits der Abstraktion, Hannover, Sprengel Museum, 1999

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  • Format Book
  • Designer/s El Lissitzky
  • Year 1999
  • Client/Publisher Hannover, Sprengel Museum
  • Size 240mm x 300mm
El Lissitzky
El Lissitzky was a Russian designer, painter, printmaker, architect and typographer. He was born in 1890 and died in 1941. He was mentored by Kazimir Melvevich and spent a long period of his life teaching at different schools. Explore related designers including László Moholy-Nagy and Piet Zwart. See also Constructivism, Russian graphic design history, and 1920s graphic design history.

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El Lissitzky: Jenseits der Abstraktion, Hannover, Sprengel Museum, 1999
El Lissitzky: Jenseits der Abstraktion, Hannover, Sprengel Museum, 1999
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