El Lissitzky \"Beat the Whites with the Red wedge\", a 1919 lithograph

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El Lissitzky \"Beat the Whites with the Red wedge\", a 1919 lithograph
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El Lissitzky "Beat the Whites with the Red wedge", a 1919 lithograph is a perfect and famous example of using abstract art for very clear political message.

Text in Russian (left side) "Klinom krasnim" (Meaning: "With Red Wedge")
Red is left: political color and position of communists

Red was a standard symbol of revolution
Edge was asupremtist symbol of something new

Painted during the Civil War in Russia (1917-1921) between Reds and Whites

White was a standard color of anti-revolutionary forces.
Circle was s supremtists symbol for unchangeable.

Text in Russian (right side): Bey Belych (Meaning: "Beat Whites")
White is right: political color and position of anti-revolutionaries.