The artwork titled “Illustration to ‘For the voice’ by Vladimir Mayakovsky” was created by El Lissitzky in 1920 in Moscow, Russian Federation. This piece belongs to the Constructivism art movement and falls within the genre of illustration. It is part of a series titled “For the voice”.
The artwork features a bold interplay of typography and color, primarily utilizing red and black on a white background. The left page displays a grid of red question marks with a large black letter “A” superimposed on it, accompanied by additional characters including “В” and “Ы.” A dominant question mark on the left side hints at inquiry or philosophical contemplation. The right page contains text in Cyrillic script, incorporating varying sizes of the letters in red and black, inducing a dynamic visual hierarchy. The layout suggests a modernist approach to combining text and visual elements in a manner typical of Constructivist principles.
