Postcard The First Word, artist identified on verso, 1950.
The size is continental 4" x 6", postally unused and unmarked, published by the ART State Publishing House, Moscow, circulation 25,000 copies, extremely small by Soviet standards. The name of the artist, N. Zhukov, is printed in the lower left-hand corner on the verso. The artwork is an offset print of Zhukov's lead pencil drawing.
In very good to excellent condition, showing minimal storage wear to both sides, and negligibly small corner bumps.
Take a long thoughtful look at the image. The girl does look to be about seven years old when Soviet children went to the first gra
The size is continental 4" x 6", postally unused and unmarked, published by the ART State Publishing House, Moscow, circulation 25,000 copies, extremely small by Soviet standards. The name of the artist, N. Zhukov, is printed in the lower left-hand corner on the verso. The artwork is an offset print of Zhukov's lead pencil drawing.
In very good to excellent condition, showing minimal storage wear to both sides, and negligibly small corner bumps.
Take a long thoughtful look at the image. The girl does look to be about seven years old when Soviet children went to the first grade of elementary school. Suppose further that she had just recently learned her ABCs and ventured to put together her first word out of alphabet cubes. What would be the first word that would come to the mind of a seven-year-old girl? - Well, of course it's "STALIN"!
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