Archive for El Lissitzky

For the Voice, 1920

Posted in Art, Book with tags , on November 23, 2014 by Dylan Thomas Hayden
















A prime example of Lissitzky’s revolutionary typography and book design

The Constructor

Posted in Art with tags on November 23, 2014 by Dylan Thomas Hayden



One of the greatest and most influential designers of the 20th century, born 124 years ago today

Lazar Markovich Lissitzky
23 November 1890 – 30 December 1941

Eight Prouns by El Lissitzky

Posted in Painting with tags , on November 23, 2014 by Dylan Thomas Hayden









The exact meaning of “Proun” was never fully revealed, with some suggesting that it is a contraction of proekt unovisa (designed by UNOVIS) or proekt utverzhdenya novogo (Design for the confirmation of the new). Later, Lissitzky defined them ambiguously as “the station where one changes from painting to architecture.”

Sie Puppt mit Puppen

Posted in Poetry with tags , , on June 20, 2012 by Dylan Thomas Hayden

Die Puppen puppen mit kleinen Puppen,
Die kleinen Puppen puppen mit winzigen Puppen,
Die winzigen Puppen puppen mit Püppchen,
Die Püppchen puppen mit kleinen Püppchen,
Die kleinen Püppchen puppen mit winzigen Püppchen,
Die winzigen Püppchen puppen,
Keiner puppt mit ihr.
Ah, Du meine Puppe,
Meine süße Puppe,
Mir ist alles schnuppe,
Wenn ich meine Schnauze
Auf die Deine – bauze.
Püppchen Schnüppchen
Puppe Schnuppe
Schnuppe bauze.
Die Bäuzchen, Püppchen, Puppenfraun
Sie machen nur noch schnauze bauze.

–Kurt Schwitters (20 June 1887 – 8 January 1948)

–portrait by El Lissitzky

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