Vragov polei my vziali v oborot—ikh agrokhimiia s litsa zemli sotret! (We have scolded the enemies of the fields—But agricultural chemistry will wipe them from the face of the earth!
), from the series Agit-plakat Artist: A. Morozov (Russian(?), active late 20th century)
Printer: Masterskaia agitplakata moskovskogo otdeleniia khudozhestvennogo fonda RSFSR
Publisher: Soiuza khudozhnikov SSSR i moskovskogo otdeleniia soiuza khudozhnikov SSSR

ca. 1964

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Screenprint on half-cardboard

Dimensions

sheet: 50 × 33 in. (127 × 83.82 cm)

Credit Line

The Allan Chasanoff, B.A. 1961, Russian Poster Collection, curated with Kevin Begos

Accession Number

2018.136.994

Geography

Made in Moscow, Russia

Culture

Soviet, Moscow

Period

20th century

Classification

Prints

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Provenance
Allan Chasanoff Collection, New York, to 2018; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
Not Assigned
Additional information

Object/Work type

didactic art, political art, posters, propaganda, screen prints

Subject

communism

Inscriptions

skeletal figure: Drought\r\nsigns on tractors: Down with weeds! Down with drought! Down with pests! Let's fertilize the land! \r\nUL: Agitplakat no. 1517\r\nFrom the Union of Artists of the USSR and the Moscow Branch of the Union of Artists of the RSFSR\r\nLL: artist: A. Morozov\r\nLC: Agitplakat Studio of the Moscow branch of the Arts Foundation of the RSFSR\r\nLR: text: I. Gorin

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