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El Lissitzky created this famous propaganda poster in 1919, showing a red wedge piercing a white circle. The lithograph (53 × 70 cm) is one of the most iconic images of Russian Constructivist art.

The design used abstract geometry to convey a political message during the Russian Civil War, urging the Red Army to defeat the Whites.

The red wedge symbolizes the Red Army piercing the White (anti-Bolshevik) forces. It's a famous Soviet propaganda image.

The lithograph measures 53 × 70 cm (approximately 21 × 28 inches). El Lissitzky created it in 1919.

This 1919 propaganda poster uses abstract geometric shapes to represent the Russian Civil War: the red wedge symbolizes the Bolsheviks breaking through the White Army. El Lissitzky created it as a pioneering work of Constructivist design.

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