Cover to 'For the Voice' by Vladimir Mayakovsky - El Lissitzky
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El Lissitzky's cover design for Vladimir Mayakovsky's 'For the Voice' (1923) exemplifies Constructivist principles with its bold geometric forms and functional typography, reflecting the integration of art and industrial design.
This cover design by El Lissitzky was created for Vladimir Mayakovsky's book 'For the Voice', published in 1923. Lissitzky, a Russian artist, designer, photographer, and architect, was a major figure in the Russian avant-garde, developing Constructivism and working with the Bauhaus and De Stijl movements. His work greatly influenced the Suprematism and geometric abstraction movements. 'For the Voice' is a collection of poems by Mayakovsky, and Lissitzky designed the book as a functional object, creating a system of visual cues to aid the reader in navigating the poems. The cover features bold geometric shapes and typography in black and red against an orange background. The large letter 'M' dominates the upper portion, while a red rectangle contains text running vertically. A red circle, outlined in black, sits at the lower right. The design reflects the Constructivist emphasis on utilitarianism and the integration of art with industrial production.
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Cover to 'For the Voice' by Vladimir Mayakovsky - El Lissitzky
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Museum-grade giclée on FSC-certified archival matte paper, with framed and canvas options.
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Artist Biography
El Lissitzky
He was born Lazar Markovich Lissitzky in 1890. After returning to Russia, he worked alongside Malevich at the UNOVIS art school in Vitebsk, where Suprematism and the revolution were supposed to be the same thing. He became one of the most influential graphic designers of the twentieth century, his poster designs, book layouts, and exhibition installations connecting Russian avant-garde art to the Bauhaus and De Stijl in western Europe.
He contracted pulmonary tuberculosis and continued working as a book artist and photomonteur because he could do it lying down. His sister Jenta committed suicide in Vitebsk in 1925 while he was hospitalised in Switzerland. He married Sophie Kuppers, a German woman whose family disapproved of the match; she had to leave her sons behind to move to Moscow. He died in Moscow in 1941, the year Germany invaded Russia.
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