El Lissitzky (b. Pochinok 1890, d. Moscow 1941)
“Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge”. Suprematist revolutionary poster from the Russian Civil War between the Tsar supporters and the Revolutionary Troops. C. 1926. Signed in print with Cyrillic monogram LL. Lithograph on off-white wove paper laid on cardboard. Sheet size 48×59 cm.
The first version of the lithograph was published 1919–1920. However, El Lissitzy reprinted a second version in 1926.
Provenance: The Danish architect Poul Erik Skriver, editor for Arkitektens Forlag. He received the work for his 50th birthday 1968 from the Danish architect Ole Thommesen (1919–2005), professor at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, and a Danish collector of modern art. Thence by descent until today.
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Russian art, 30 November 2018