Lot 42
  • 42

El Lissitzky

Estimate
18,000 - 22,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • El Lissitzky
  • Sentinel from Victory over the Sun, 1923
  • signed E. Lissitzky and stamped 3 (lower right)
  • lithograph, 3 from an edition of 75
  • 21 1/4 by 18 in.
  • 54 by 46 cm

Provenance

Private Collection, New York
Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York
Annely Juda Fine Art, London
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

New Rochelle, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, The Russian Experiment: Master Works and Contemporary Works, September-October, 1990

Literature

Alla Rosenfeld, The Russian Experiment: Master Works and Contemporary Works, New York, 1990, p. 11
Marc Aronson, Art Attack: A Short Cultural History of the Avant-Garde, New York, 1998, p. 77

Condition

Lithograph. Paper is slightly discolored in line with age. There is a very faint vertical line running down the left and right edge. There are some very minor stains to the composition. Held in a wood frame and under glass. Unexamined out of frame.
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