The Getty Research Institute presents this Website on the work of El Lissitzky, 1890-1941, using materials from their extensive archival collections. The site includes over 175 images, a chronology of El Lissitzky's life, and links to related resources at the Getty and other institutions. For those with fast connections, there is an animated introduction. The Website preserves thematic sections from the exhibition of the same name displayed at the Getty, November 1998-February 1999, which connect El Lissitzky's theories to his artistic work. These sections display on the right side of the screen, while exhibition content shows on the left, resulting in awkward scrolling to see everything. The section Printing Trades and Pressa Exhibitions includes an accordion-folded photomontage, designed for the Soviet Pavilion at a printing trades show in 1928, fortunately cleverly programmed to scroll automatically, making viewing much easier. Another nice feature of the site is the availability of .pdf format text, chronology, and checklist for printing.
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