Pro dva kvadrata
Subtitle: suprematicheskiĭ skaz : v 6-ti postroĭkakh
By: Ėl Lisit︠s︡kiĭ
Publisher: Skify
Published: 1922
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: rus
Subjects: Letter-pictures
Other titles: Pro 2 kvadrata.; Suprematicheskiĭ skaz.; Suprematicheskiĭ skaz pro dva kvadrata v 6-ti postroĭkakh.; Pro dva kvadrata v 6-ti postroĭkakh : suprematicheskiĭ skaz.
Notes: "Pi︠a︡tʹdesi︠a︡t ėkzempli︠a︡rov ėtogo izdanii︠a︡ imennye i numerovannye"--Leaf [9]v. This copy not numbered or signed.

On title page, the words "suprematicheskiĭ skaz" precede other elements of title.

Title on cover: Pro 2 [kvadrata]. Last word is a graphic representation of a square.

Imprint in German in colophon: "Verlag 'Skythen,' Berlin ... Druck von E. Haberland, Leipzig."

"Postroeno 1920 Vitebsk"--Leaf [9]r, under device with red square and word "Unovis" (art school in Vitebsk).

Leaves [2] and [9] printed on both sides.

Text and ill. printed letterpress in black, gray and red. Each leaf is a graphic/typographic design, chiefly consisting of a reproduction of a drawing within square border above a "dynamically" arranged legend. For detailed discussion, cf. More about two squares / Patricia Railing. 1991. (Issued to accompany facsimile reproduction; cf. below.) Cf. also: Compton, S.P.  The world backwards, p. 114; The look of Russian literature / Gerald Janecek. c1984, p. 203.

Facsimile reproduction with English translation published under title: About two squares : in 6 constructions : a suprematist tale. 1991.

Issued in illustrated paper covers, wire-stitched.

Ex Libris (Firm).  Constructivism & futurism, 156