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Proun 19D

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Mixed media on canvas by El Lissitzky (c. 1922). 'Proun' — 'Project for the Affirmation of the New' — translates Malevich's Suprematist planes into spatial architectural constructions that hover between painting and three-dimensional model. MoMA, New York.

Scholarly Significance

Canonical Proun work by El Lissitzky; the Suprematism-to-Constructivism bridge artwork.

Notes

·The Proun series began 1919 in Vitebsk under Malevich's influence; continued through Lissitzky's Berlin period.
·The title 'Proun' is Russian: 'Proekt Utverzhdeniya Novogo' — Project for the Affirmation of the New.
·Lissitzky insisted Prouns had no fixed top or bottom — they could be hung in any orientation.
·This work entered MoMA's collection in the 1930s through Alfred Barr's acquisition campaigns.
·The axonometric spatial projection (no vanishing point) reflects Lissitzky's architectural training.