Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge — El Lissitzky, 1919–20
El Lissitzky, 1920
$191
Print check at 20 x 16 in: 154 dpi, good. Trimmed 4.6% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $25.90 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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El Lissitzky’s abstract propaganda poster — a red wedge piercing a white circle, built entirely from geometric shapes and Suprematist color. One of the first purely abstract propaganda images ever made — argument through geometry alone, no figure, no scene. Not a single representational mark anywhere; the message is carried entirely by shape and color relationship. An argument that never needed a face.
- Maker
- El Lissitzky
- Date
- 1920
- Medium of the original
- Political poster
- Original held by
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- Wikimedia Commons · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Cleared for print
- Catalogue number
- PA-00878
| Picture | 20 x 16 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 21.6 x 17.6 in |
| Depth | 0.9 in (22 mm) |
| Weight | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]] |
| Hanging | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]] |
| Material | Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing |
| Made in | Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi |
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | 308 | Excellent | Trimmed 4.6% |
| 14 x 11 in | 220 | Excellent | Trimmed 6.4% |
| 20 x 16 in | 154 | Good | Trimmed 4.6% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 21% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 21% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 21% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 21% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | 102 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 21% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 48 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 21% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 3,081 x 2,585 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 11, lights 172 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 11.36
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
Shipping for this piece to a US address is $25.90, the print room’s own rate, charged per piece. Checkout shows the total before you pay.
Every piece is printed after you order it, in Charlotte, North Carolina, and ships from there. For now we ship to US addresses only.
A piece that arrives damaged, misprinted or in the wrong size is replaced at our cost. The details: shipping and returns and replacements.
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