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Kurt Schwitters by Lissitzky (1925)
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This photograph portrays Kurt Schwitters, an artist who influenced El Lissitzky to come to Hanover, Germany, in the fall of 1922. Two pictures of Schwitters are superimposed over a poster promoting his journal Merz and an image of the July 1924 issue of Merz on which Lissitzky collaborated. The portrait on the left shows an animated orator, eyes ablaze and mouth open, while the image on the right shows a more subdued Schwitters with eyes half closed and mouth obscured in the multiple exposure. At the upper edge, the title of his journal appears to emerge symbolically from Schwitters's mind.
Русский: На фото изображен Курт Швиттерс, художник, который повлиял на переезд Лисицкого в Гамбург осенью 1922 года. На фотоколлаже две фотографии Швиттерса, рекламный постер его журнала Мерц и изображение июльского номера журнала Мерц за 1924 год, на которым работал Лисицкий.
El Lissitzky (1890– 1941) Russian painter, typographer, and designer, a pioneer of nonrepresentational art in the early 20th century. His innovations in typography, advertising, and exhibition design were particularly influential.
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