El Lissitzky, 1890-1941
Subtitle: architect, painter, photographer, typographer.
Contributors: Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum.; Fundación Caja de Pensiones (Madrid, Spain).; Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris.
Publisher: Municipal Van Abbemuseum; Thames and Hudson
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Eindhoven; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: Lissitzky, El, -- 1890-1941 -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Notes: Includes index.

"This catalogue accompanies the exhibition 'El Lissitzky (1890-1941) architect painter photographer typographer' organised by the Municipal Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven 16/12/1990 - 3/3/1991, the Fundación Caja de Pensiones in Madrid 1/4/91 - 26/5/91, and the Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC in Paris 18/6/1991 - 30/9/91"--Colophon.

Bibliography: p. 215-216.

Includes chapters translated from Russian, Dutch and German.
Table of contents: value: El Lissitzky (1890-1941) his life and work / Henk Puts; value: Axonometry, or Lissitzky's mathematical paradigm / Yve-Alain Bois; value: A new style : three dimensional suprematism and prounen / S.O. Chan-Magomedov; value: Pan-Europe and German art : El Lissitzky at the 1926 Internationale Kunstausstellung in Dresden / Kai-Uwe Hemken; value: Lissitzky's dilemma with reference to his work after 1927 / Jean Leering; value: Lissitzky and photography / Peter Nisbet; value: Photography / El Lissitzky; value: Lissitzky in the Tretiakov Gallery / M.A. Nemirovskaya; value: The Lissitzky collection at the Van Abbemuseum / Henk Puts.