Nov 10, 2009 - Sale 2195

Sale 2195 - Lot 178

Price Realized: $ 1,680
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(LISSITZKY, EL.) USSR: An Album Illustrating the State Organization and National Economy of the U. S. S. R. Designs, charts, and illustrations by Lissitzky, Grigorovich, and Nikolev depicting aspects of Russian industry. Small oblong folio, gilt-stamped red cloth wrappers, spine loose, other light wear. Moscow, 1938
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The work is typical of the typographical work Lissitzky did for the government after his return to Russia from Germany in 1928 where he was highly influential in the Bauhaus movement.