Proun III
Print
1923 (published)
1923 (published)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
El Lissitzky (1890-1941) had been trained as an engineer and architect and began painting his Prouns in 1919. The word is an acronym of a Russian phrase meaning 'Project for the Affirmation of the New', and the artist explained the concept in a lecture at Inkhuk (The Institute of Artistic Culture) in Moscow as 'a changing-station between painting and architecture'. After a successful exhibition of Prouns in Hanover in 1922, organised by the Kestner-Gessellschaft, a society founded in 1916 to promote new art, Lissitzky was commissioned to produce a portfolio of six lithographs that the society published in 1923; this print is from that portfolio.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Proun III (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | Lazar (El) Lissitzky, 'Proun III', 1923 |
| Physical description | Geometric forms in shades of black, white and grey. |
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| Styles | |
| Production type | Limited edition |
| Marks and inscriptions | El Lissitzky (Signature; hand written; pencil) |
| Gallery label |
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| Summary | El Lissitzky (1890-1941) had been trained as an engineer and architect and began painting his Prouns in 1919. The word is an acronym of a Russian phrase meaning 'Project for the Affirmation of the New', and the artist explained the concept in a lecture at Inkhuk (The Institute of Artistic Culture) in Moscow as 'a changing-station between painting and architecture'. After a successful exhibition of Prouns in Hanover in 1922, organised by the Kestner-Gessellschaft, a society founded in 1916 to promote new art, Lissitzky was commissioned to produce a portfolio of six lithographs that the society published in 1923; this print is from that portfolio. |
| Bibliographic reference | Timmers, Margaret (Ed). Impressions of the Twentieth Century: Fine Art Prints from the V&A's Collection. London, V&A Publications, 2001. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.757-1976 |
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| Record created | December 4, 2002 |
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