Vav
1919
Created in 1919 by Russian avant-garde artist El Lissitzky, this surreal illustration comes from his Yiddish children's book 'Had Gadya' (The Only Kid), based on a traditional Passover song. The scene features a giant, swirling figure with a wide, staring eye—likely representing the powerful force of water—looming over a tiny man carrying buckets on a yoke. An archway filled with stylized, abstract Hebrew script frames the action, blending modernist Suprematist geometry with Jewish folk storytelling. This specific page, titled 'Vav' (the sixth Hebrew letter), likely corresponds to the sixth verse of the song where water arrives to extinguish the fire, capturing a moment of chaotic transformation.
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