Figurinen: Teil der Schaumaschinerie (Figurines: Portion of the Stage Machinery)
El Lissitzky
(Russian, 1890–1941)
1923
Medium/TechniqueColor lithograph, titlepage from the portfolio, Figurinen (Figurines), ten plates portraying the characters for his electro-mechanical marionette version of the Futurist opera, Sieg über die Sonne (Victory Over the Sun)
DimensionsSheet: 53 × 45.4 cm (20 7/8 × 17 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Susan W. and Stephen D. Paine
Accession number1986.985
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ProvenanceYear-end gift; accessioned by V/C January 21, 1987.
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![It is summer and by moonlight they take the air and get rid of their fleas by touch. (Es herano y a la luna, toman el fresco, y se espulgan / al tiento)
[Three Figures Seated at an Open Window]
Double-sided drawing in Album B (Madrid Sketchbook) No. 85;, on verso B 86 :"Buen Sacerdote..." (Good Priest....)](/internal/media/dispatcher/1029460/thumbnail)
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