About 2 [squares]
By: El Lissitzky.
Contributors: Railing, Patricia.
Edition: 1st MIT Press ed.
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Subjects: Suprematism in art.; Architecture in art.; Geometry in art.; Art, Russian -- 20th century.; Art, Soviet.; Artists' books -- Russia (Federation); Artists' books -- Soviet Union.
Other titles: About two squares; About two two squares; About two twosquares; Suprematist tale about two squares; Suprematist tale about two two squares; Suprematist tale about two twosquares; About two two squares.; More about 2 squares.; More about two squares.
Work titles: Pro dva kvadrata.
Notes: In portfolio.

Title from portfolio cover; in title, the word "squares" is represented by a single graphic square.

Translation of: Pro dva kvadrata : suprematicheskiĭ skaz v 6-ti postroĭkakh. Berlin : "Skify", 1922.

Text in English and Russian.

Facsimile reprint of the Russian text, printed in black and red; transparent overlays carry the English translation, replicating  typographic and design elements of the original. A separate commentary by Patricia Railing accompanies the facsmile.

To preserve a typographical peculiarity of the original, the English title in v. [1] is rendered as: About tWO tWOsquares.

Bibliography: v. [2], p. 50-52.
Table of contents: value: [1]. About [two squares] : a suprematist tale in 6 constructions / El Lissitzky (1 v., unpaged); value: [2]. More about 2 squares / Patricia Railing (52 p.).