In German. Second edition (originally published in Russian in 1921). An essay on avant-garde theater by Alexander Tairov (Александр Яковлевич Таиров; 1885–1950), a theater theorist and the founder and director of the Moscow Kamerny (Chamber) Theatre. The book’s cover and design were created by El Lissitzky. Within the book are numerous illustrations and twelve plates with reproductions of photographs and costume sketches for the theater. 112 pages + [12] plates. 24.5 cm. See: The Russian Avant-Garde Book 1910–1934, New York: MoMA, 2002, No. 477. 

El (Eliezer Lazarovich) Lissitzky (Лазарь Маркович "Эль" Лисицкий; 1890–1941), a Russian artist, designer, photographer, teacher, typographer, and architect, was one of the most prominent and influential figures in the Russian avant-garde movement. Trained as an architect, Lissitzky played a major role—along with his teacher and friend Kazimir Malevich—in shaping and developing the Suprematist movement: an abstract art form characterized by geometric style. He designed numerous books, journals, exhibitions, and propaganda materials for the Soviet regime, and his work had a major influence on the Bauhaus and Constructivist movements in Europe. In 1921, Lissitzky moved to Germany, where he served as the cultural representative of Soviet Russia, fostered connections between Russian and German artists, wrote articles, and continued designing books and journals. While in Germany, he produced some of his most well-known book designs, including issues of the journal Veshch/Gegenstand/Objet (which he founded together with the writer Ilya Ehrenburg), and the illustrated poetry volume For the Voice by Vladimir Mayakovsky.