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1918-1925: Revolution and Civil War

ARTIST UNKNOWN

"Retribution"

1918-1920

Lithograph

34¾ x 24½

In the captions artists' titles are in italics, descriptive titles are in roman, and inscriptions taken from the artwork are in quotation marks.

Dimensions are in inches.

VIKTOR DENI

Russian, 1893-1946

"Death to capital — or death under the heel of capital!"

1919

Lithograph

28¼ x 42

FRANTIŠEK KUPKA

Czech, 1871-1957

"The master of the world is capital, the golden idol"

1919

Lithograph

20 x 13¾

DMITRI MOOR

Russian, 1883-1946

"People's Court"

1919

Lithograph

12½ x 19¼

VIKTOR DENI

Russian, 1893-1946

"The dogs of the Entente: Denikin, Kolchak, Yudenich"

c. 1919

Offset lithograph

3½ x 5½

N. Š.

"The power of the bourgeoisie is the power of violence and death"

c. 1919

Lithograph

21½ x 31

ARTIST UNKNOWN

"All-Russian Central Alliance of Cooperatives. Women, enter the cooperatives!"

c. 1919

Lithograph

20¾ x 28¼

VIKTOR DENI

Russian, 1893-1946

"In Denikin's Kingdom"

after a poster dated 1919

Offset lithograph

3½ x 5½

VIKTOR DENI

Russian, 1893-1946

"Kolchak: The hangman of workers and peasants"

after a poster dated 1919

Offset lithograph

3½ x 5½

VIKTOR DENI

Russian, 1893-1946

"The Denikin Gang: Beat the workers and peasants"

after a poster dated 1919

Offset lithograph

5½ x 3½

VIKTOR DENI

Russian, 1893-1946

"The League of Nations: Capitalists of all counties, unite!"

after a poster dated 1919

Offset lithograph

5½ x 3½

VIKTOR DENI

Russian, 1893-1946

"The Village 'Virgin'"

after a poster dated 1919

Offset lithograph

5¾ x 4

DMITRI MOOR

Russian, 1883-1946

"Death to world imperialism"

after a poster dated 1919

Offset lithograph

5½ x 3½

DMITRI MOOR

Russian, 1883-1946

"The Enemy is at the Gates!"

after a poster dated 1919

Offset lithograph

3½ x 5½

VIKTOR DENI

Russian, 1893-1946

"The final hour"

1920

Lithograph

28 x 21¼

DMITRI MOOR

Russian, 1883-1946

"October 1917 - October 1920. Long Live the Worldwide Red October!"

1920

Lithograph

27½ x 42

DMITRI MOOR

Russian, 1883-1946

"Before: One with the plough, seven with a spoon. Now: He who does not work shall not eat"

1920

Lithograph

18 x 13

VLADIMIR LUPPIAN

"The Third [Communist] International"

c. 1920

Lithograph

21¾ x 13½

DMITRI MOOR

Russian, 1883-1946

Capitalism devours everything

c. 1920

Ink and pencil on cardboard

40 x 28

DMITRI MOOR

Russian, 1883-1946

The capitalists will take your work back to their place, where labor is cheap and unemployment high

c. 1920

Ink, pencil on cardboard

13¾ x 12

DMITRI MOOR

Russian, 1883-1946

"Cossack! They forced you into a terrible deed against working people. Cossack! Turn your horse and confront the real enemy — the parasite"

c. 1920

Lithograph

27 x 19½

DMITRI MOOR

Russian, 1883-1946

Untitled

c. 1920

Ink on cardboard

10 x 12

VADIM NEVSKY

1884-around 1938

"Peasant! Look who you're paying under the Tsar and Kolchak. Peasant! Know that with your tax you are feeding hungry workers and peasants"

c. 1920

Lithograph

13¾ x 22½

ARTIST UNKNOWN

Original watercolors for ROSTA Window series #188

"1. It is, you know, they [industrial workers] who represent countries and peoples"

c. 1920

Watercolor pigment and india ink

approx. 22¼ x 17

ARTIST UNKNOWN

Original watercolors for ROSTA Window series #188

"2. The Western Proletariat — France, England, Rumania — hard as reinforced concrete"

c. 1920

Watercolor pigment and india ink

approx. 22¼ x 17

ARTIST UNKNOWN

Original watercolors for ROSTA Window series #188

"3. Persians, Turks, Japanese, Chinese, and Koreans range themselves under the banner of the East"

c. 1920

Watercolor pigment and india ink

approx. 22¼ x 17

ARTIST UNKNOWN

Original watercolors for ROSTA Window series #188

"4. America, Africa, Australia are with us — colonies broke the links of their chains"

c. 1920

Watercolor pigment and india ink

approx. 22¼ x 17

ARTIST UNKNOWN

Original watercolors for ROSTA Window series #188

"5. Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaizhan, Sweden, and Norway rise above snowy peaks"

c. 1920

Watercolor pigment and india ink

approx. 22¼ x 17

ARTIST UNKNOWN

Original watercolors for ROSTA Window series #188

"6. In all, eighty nations or peoples under the red banner of the international"

c. 1920

Watercolor pigment and india ink

approx. 22¼ x 17

ARTIST UNKNOWN

ROSTA Window series #160

"1. and a plow"

c. 1920

Hand-cut stencils with watercolor pigment

approx. 22¼ x 17

ARTIST UNKNOWN

ROSTA Window series #160

"2. and a locomotive"

c. 1920

Hand-cut stencils with watercolor pigment

approx. 22¼ x 17

ARTIST UNKNOWN

ROSTA Window series #160

"3. and a steamship"

c. 1920

Hand-cut stencils with watercolor pigment

approx. 22¼ x 17

ARTIST UNKNOWN

ROSTA Window series #160

"4. and our [collective] home"

c. 1920

Hand-cut stencils with watercolor pigment

approx. 22¼ x 17

ARTIST UNKNOWN

ROSTA Window series #160

"5. the worker creates collective labor"

c. 1920

Hand-cut stencils with watercolor pigment

approx. 22¼ x 17

ARTIST UNKNOWN

ROSTA Window series #160

"6. and if there is neither a 'you' nor a 'me' it means we have achieved collective production"

c. 1920

Hand-cut stencils with watercolor pigment

approx. 22¼ x 17

ARTIST UNKNOWN

The bourgeoisie of the Entente succumbs to the new alliance of workers and peasants

c. 1920

Lithograph

19¾ x 35½

DMITRI MOOR

Russian, 1883-1946

Capitalism and German militarism are great pals

early 1920s

Ink, pencil, and crayon on cardboard

9¾ x 14

DMITRI MOOR

Russian, 1883-1946

"A red day is dawning"

1920s

Ink, pencil and watercolor on paper

11½ x 8¼

DMITRI MOOR

Russian, 1883-1946

Vicious capitalist stopped at the gates of the USSR

1920s

Ink, watercolor, crayon on cardboard

10½ x 9¼

DMITRI MOOR

Russian, 1883-1946

The Bloody Path of Struggle is Over

1921

Lithograph

13½ x 41½

ARTIST UNKNOWN

"The Constituent Assembly"

1921

Lithograph

29 x 21

VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY

Russian, 1893-1930

ROSTA Window series #42

Sowing Campaign: Let's fulfill the decree!
"1. Everyone fulfilled the Soviet plan"

February 1921

Hand-cut stencils with watercolor pigment

15¾ x 16¼ to 17 x 16¾ each

VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY

Russian, 1893-1930

ROSTA Window series #42

Sowing Campaign: Let's fulfill the decree!
"2. I wasted no time and worked with dedication"

February 1921

Hand-cut stencils with watercolor pigment

15¾ x 16¼ to 17 x 16¾ each

VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY

Russian, 1893-1930

ROSTA Window series #42

Sowing Campaign: Let's fulfill the decree!
"3. For this I was immediately rewarded"

February 1921

Hand-cut stencils with watercolor pigment

15¾ x 16¼ to 17 x 16¾ each

VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY

Russian, 1893-1930

ROSTA Window series #42

Sowing Campaign: Let's fulfill the decree!
"4. With a prize and a decoration!"

February 1921

Hand-cut stencils with watercolor pigment

15¾ x 16¼ to 17 x 16¾ each

VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY and MIKHAIL CHEREMNYKH

Russian: 1893-1930 and 1890-1962, respectively

ROSTA Window series #81

All for Farming Equipment Repair Week!
"1. Those are the weapons our factories used to produce"

March 1921

Hand-cut stencils with watercolor pigment

20½ x 13½ to 21¼ x 14¼ each

VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY and MIKHAIL CHEREMNYKH

Russian: 1893-1930 and 1890-1962, respectively

ROSTA Window series #81

All for Farming Equipment Repair Week!
"2. Now we have a new kind of weapon to use"

March 1921

Hand-cut stencils with watercolor pigment

20½ x 13½ to 21¼ x 14¼ each

VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY and MIKHAIL CHEREMNYKH

Russian: 1893-1930 and 1890-1962, respectively

ROSTA Window series #81

All for Farming Equipment Repair Week!
"3. For Spring's arrival we must prepare —"

March 1921

Hand-cut stencils with watercolor pigment

20½ x 13½ to 21¼ x 14¼ each

VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY and MIKHAIL CHEREMNYKH

Russian: 1893-1930 and 1890-1962, respectively

ROSTA Window series #81

All for Farming Equipment Repair Week!
"4. Get the plough and harrow in full repair"

March 1921

Hand-cut stencils with watercolor pigment

20½ x 13½ to 21¼ x 14¼ each

VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY and MIKHAIL CHEREMNYKH

Russian: 1893-1930 and 1890-1962, respectively

ROSTA Window series #81

All for Farming Equipment Repair Week!
"5. Worker! A new front has opened"

March 1921

Hand-cut stencils with watercolor pigment

20½ x 13½ to 21¼ x 14¼ each

VLADIMIR MAYAKOVSKY and MIKHAIL CHEREMNYKH

Russian: 1893-1930 and 1890-1962, respectively

ROSTA Window series #81

All for Farming Equipment Repair Week!
"6. Quickly, go fix the farming equipment!"

March 1921

Hand-cut stencils with watercolor pigment

20½ x 13½ to 21¼ x 14¼ each

VIKTOR DENI

Russian, 1893-1946

"Bread power. Kulak-bloodsucker: What do I care about the hungry?!"

after a poster dated 1921

Offset lithograph

5¾ x 4¼

VIKTOR DENI

Russian, 1893-1946

Kulak and Priest

1922

Offset lithograph

5¾ x 4

VLADIMIR GALB

"The Lion's Share"

c. 1923

Lithograph

19 x 26½