At present , not taking my serious illness into account, I still hope to make something for the 25th anniversary of the October Revolution. - El Liss… - El Lissitzky

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At present , not taking my serious illness into account, I still hope to make something for the 25th anniversary of the October Revolution. - El Lissitzky, June 1941, Moscow Notes.

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About El Lissitzky

Lazar Markovich Lissitzky [Лазарь Маркович Лисицкий] (November 23, 1890 – December 30, 1941), more famous as El Lissitzky [Эль Лисицкий], was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, teacher, typographer, and architect. He was an active protagonist of Russian Constructivism.

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Native Name: Ла́зарь Ма́ркович Лиси́цкий
Alternative Names: El' Lisickij Ėlʹ Lisit︠s︡kiĭ El Lissickij Eliezer Markovich Lissitzky Lasar Lissitzky Eliezer Lissitsky Lazar Markovich Lissitzky Lazar Markovich Lisitskii El Lazar Lissitzky Lazarʹ Markovich Lisit︠s︡kiĭ Lazar Markovich Lisi︡tskiĭ Lazar Markovich Lisitsky Eliezer Lissitzky Eliʻezer Lisitsḳi El Lissitsky Lazar Lissitzky E. M. Lissitsky El Lisitsḳi Eleazar Markovich Lissitzky El Lisitsky Eleazar M. Lissitzky Lasar Markowitsch Lissitzky Eliezer Lisitski Eliezer Lisitsky Lazarʼ Markovič Lisickij E. Lisitsḳi Lazar Markovich Lisitski Lazar Markovich Lisitzky Lasar Morduchovich Lissitsky Lissitzky
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Cubism demonstrated in its constructions its modernity in relation to scale, but in painting and contre-relief we have in front of us an absolute scale which is this - forms in their natural size in the ratio 1 : 1. If however we wish to transform the contre-relief into an architectural structure and therefore enlarge it by one hundred times, then the scale ceases to be absolute and becomes relative in the ratio of 1 : 100. Then we get the American statue of liberty in whose head there is room for four men and from whose hand the light streams out.

Back in Moscow in 1925 - teacher at 'Vchutemas' of interior design and furniture at the faculty of wood and metalwork. In 1926 my most important artistic work began: designing exhibitions. In that year I was invited by the committee of the International Exhibition of Art in Dresden to design the space for contemporary art. Was sent abroad for by 'VOKS'. [In] 1927 Exhibition of Typography in Moscow.

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