MALEVICH, Kazimir, and EL LISSITZKY. O novykh sistemakh v iskusstve: Statika i skorost. [On New Systems in Art: Statics and Speed.] Vitebsk: Art Labour Cooperative, 1919. 4° (232 x 190mm). 3 lithographs after Malevich, lithographed text throughout. (Plates bound-in at rear, faint browning, light wear to edges.) Original stapled printed wrappers (repaired loss to rear wrapper affecting part of the imprint, some spotting and soiling).
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MALEVICH, Kazimir, and EL LISSITZKY. O novykh sistemakh v iskusstve: Statika i skorost. [On New Systems in Art: Statics and Speed.] Vitebsk: Art Labour Cooperative, 1919. 4° (232 x 190mm). 3 lithographs after Malevich, lithographed text throughout. (Plates bound-in at rear, faint browning, light wear to edges.) Original stapled printed wrappers (repaired loss to rear wrapper affecting part of the imprint, some spotting and soiling).

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MALEVICH, Kazimir, and EL LISSITZKY. O novykh sistemakh v iskusstve: Statika i skorost. [On New Systems in Art: Statics and Speed.] Vitebsk: Art Labour Cooperative, 1919. 4° (232 x 190mm). 3 lithographs after Malevich, lithographed text throughout. (Plates bound-in at rear, faint browning, light wear to edges.) Original stapled printed wrappers (repaired loss to rear wrapper affecting part of the imprint, some spotting and soiling).

FIRST EDITION OF THIS LANDMARK OF BOOK DESIGN. Produced under El Lissitzky's supervision, who designed the covers, these 'perhaps the most remarkable use of Malevich's ideas' (Compton, p.114). Karshan 27-35; MoMA, The Russian Avant-Garde Book, p.147.
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