El Lissitzky: career timeline

Russian · 1890–1941 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 31 of 37 lots (84% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

El Lissitzky: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1910s	5	4	$29.3kSign up	Lithograph
1920s	25	23	$15.2kSign up	Lithograph
1930s	1	1	$7kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1910s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $29.3kSign up
Average: $30.9kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 10.5 in (27 × 27 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (3), Photograph (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

1919 Proun 5A$21.2kSign up
c. 1919 Ohne Titel. Aus: "Proun"$32.3kSign up
1919 Proun 5A$26.4kSign up
1919 Agitationstafel vor einer Fabrik in VitebskUnsold
1919 Umschlagentwurf zum Buch „Das Huhn, das einen Kamm haben wollte$43.6kSign up

1920s 25 works

Sold: 23 of 25
Median: $15.2kSign up
Average: $51.9kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 11 in (31 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (15), Photograph (5), Watercolor (3)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

Show 12 more (1920s)

1923 Ansager$18.4kSign up
1923 Plastische Gestaltung der elektro-mechanischen Schau «Sieg über Sonne»$247kSign up
1923 Der Prounenraum - Blatt 5 der I. Kestnermappe, Proun$14kSign up
1923 Proun IV - Blatt 4 der I. Kestnermappe, Proun$43.3kSign up
1923 Ängstliche$14.8kSign up
1923 Ängstliche$16.4kSign up
1924 el (Briefkopf)$4.7kSign up
c. 1924 Der Konstrukteur$620Sign up
1924 Porträt Kurt Schwitters$283Sign up
1924 Porträt Kurt Schwitters$389Sign up
1924 6 Bll. Fotografien$567Sign up
1925 PLATE, CIRCA 1925$852Sign up

…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

1930s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $7kSign up
Average: $7kSign up
Typical size: 6 × 9 in (15 × 23 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1937 Weissrussland. Entwurf für eine Doppelseite in der Zeitschrift „USSR im Bau$7kSign up

Creation date not recorded

6 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $254kSign up
Average: $254kSign up
Typical size: 15 × 11.5 in (38 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2003 Zankstifter$16.6kSign up
sold 2004 Ohne Titel (Proun)$491kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $32.2kSign up
Average: $32.2kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2019 Proun B 2 – Lithographie 2 B$32.2kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $800Sign up
Average: $800Sign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 15.5 in (40 × 40 cm)
Mediums: Other (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 Figurinenmappe$143Sign up
sold 2022 Composizione costruttivista$1.5kSign up
sold 2024 UntitledUnsold

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All El Lissitzky auction results →