Soviet Posters
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"Imperialist Assault on Soviet Russia", lithographic print
published by the All-Russia Bureau of Military Commissars,
mid-1918 - early-1919. This rare, early Civil War piece of
Bolshevik propaganda features vivid artwork calling to defend
the motherland from foreign invaders and has the requisite
explanation on the right margin. Measures approx. 28" x 41".
Very nicely preserved for a poster of this size and vintage.
"Strengthen the Combat Might of the USSR!" poster, printed
on 23 June 1941, one day after the German invasion of the
USSR. Large size, 35" x 22 ¾" overall. A very impressive
artwork implores workers to produce more for the Red Army.
This and several other known Soviet propaganda posters from
the first days of the war had been clearly prepared well in
advance. Typically, they showed the Red Army on the offensive
and had little or nothing to do with the defense of the
country from invaders. This fact seems to support the theory
that the Soviet Union had been planning to attack Germany all
along and was simply preempted by the equally aggressive Nazi
regime.
"Don't Be Like That!" This poster from 1957 is a
pictorial lesson in good manners. The meaning of the artwork
may be lost on today's audience, but in the Soviet Union it
was considered a moral obligation to yield a seat in public
transportation to the elderly, especially women. Measures
17.5" x 22.5". In very good to excellent condition.
Lenin portrait by Soviet artist P V Vasilev, done in 1967 in pencil or Conté crayons. Part of the campaign to make Lenin appear friendly if not actually benevolent. High quality art print made in 1990.
For more posters of Lenin, please visit the "Portraits of Lenin, Stalin and others" section of our website.