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Title:
El Lissitzky Letters and Photographs, 1911-1941

Collection number:
Accession no. 950076

Provenance:
Lissitzky, El

Extent:
One linear foot (three boxes)

Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688

Abstract:
The El Lissitzky Letters and photographs collection consists of 106 letters sent (1923-1935), most by Lissitzky to his wife, Sophie Lissitzky-Küppers, along with his personal notes on art and aesthetics, a few official and personal documents, and approximately 165 documentary photographs and printed reproductions of his art and architectural designs, in particular his exhibition designs.

Language:
German.

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