Lazar Markovich Lissitzky, known as El Lissitzky, 1890 to 1941, proun lithograph print signed by the artist lower left. Dated 1915. El Lissitzky was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, typographer, polemicist and architect. He was an important figure of the Russian avant garde, helping develop suprematism with his mentor, Kazimir Malevich, and designing numerous exhibition displays and propaganda works for the Soviet Union. Antique Russian Avant Garde Print Collectibles.