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1941-1950: World War II

DMITRI MOOR

Russian, 1883-1946

Nazi hogs stopped at the gates of the Kremlin by the Red Army

early 1940s

Ink, pencil, and watercolor on cardboard

10½ x 9¼

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.

BORIS EFIMOV

Russian, 1900-

"A True Aryan Should Be: Tall (Goebbels), Muscular and Slim (Goering), Blonde (Hitler)"

1941

Ink, watercolor, pencil on cardboard

19 x 14¼

BORIS EFIMOV

Russian, 1900-

Untitled

1941

Ink, white paint, watercolor on cardboard

12½ x 9½

VIKTOR KORETSKY

Ukrainian, 1909-1998

"Be a Hero!"

1941

Lithograph

34½ x 23½

THE KUKRYNIKSY

(MIKHAIL KUPRIANOV, PORFIRY KRYLOV, and NIKOLAI SOKOLOV)

Russian: 1903-1991, 1902-1990, and 1903-, respectively

"In Moscow, searchlights reveal the fascist snakes..."

1941

Lithograph

35¼ x 22½

V. VLASOV, T. POVZNĚR, and T. ŠIŠMAREVA

"Death to fascism"

1941

Lithograph

24½ x 36¼

NIKOLAI DOLGORUKOV and BORIS EFIMOV

Russian: 1902-1980 and 1900-, respectively

"Death to the Nazi occupiers!"

1942

Lithograph

33½ x 23¼

VIKTOR KORETSKY

Ukrainian, 1909-1998

"Red Army soldier, save us!"

1942

Lithograph

14 x 9¼

THE KUKRYNIKSY

(MIKHAIL KUPRIANOV, PORFIRY KRYLOV, and NIKOLAI SOKOLOV)

Russian: 1903-1991, 1902-1990, and 1903-, respectively

The Red Army routs the murderous Nazi beasts

1942

Ink and gouache on paper

31½ x 19¾

THE KUKRYNIKSY

(MIKHAIL KUPRIANOV, PORFIRY KRYLOV, and NIKOLAI SOKOLOV)

Russian: 1903-1991, 1902-1990, and 1903-, respectively

"This evil enemy won't get out of the knot we've got him in! Treaty of solidarity between the Soviet Union, England, and the United States"

1942

Lithograph

23 x 32½

EL LISSITZKY

Russian, 1890-1941

"Everything for the front! Everything for victory!"

1942

Lithograph

35¼ x 23¼

ARTIST UNKNOWN

"Parrot talk" (silly nonsense)

1942

Lithograph

19½ x 27½

THE KUKRYNIKSY

(MIKHAIL KUPRIANOV, PORFIRY KRYLOV, and NIKOLAI SOKOLOV)

Russian: 1903-1991, 1902-1990, and 1903-, respectively

Adolf Hilter

1943

Ink, pencil and watercolor on paper

17¾ x 12¾

THE KUKRYNIKSY

(MIKHAIL KUPRIANOV, PORFIRY KRYLOV, and NIKOLAI SOKOLOV)

Russian: 1903-1991, 1902-1990, and 1903-, respectively

Heinrich Himmler

1943

Ink and watercolor on paper

17¼ x 12¾

THE KUKRYNIKSY

(MIKHAIL KUPRIANOV, PORFIRY KRYLOV, and NIKOLAI SOKOLOV)

Russian: 1903-1991, 1902-1990, and 1903-, respectively

Hermann Goering

1943

Ink and watercolor on paper

15¾ x 12½

ALEXEI KOKOREKIN

Russian, 1906-1959

"Thus it will be with the Fascist monster!"

1944

Lithograph

30½ x 20

THE KUKRYNIKSY

(MIKHAIL KUPRIANOV, PORFIRY KRYLOV, and NIKOLAI SOKOLOV)

Russian: 1903-1991, 1902-1990, and 1903-, respectively

Untitled

1944

Ink, pencil, crayon, watercolor on paper

17¼ x 12½

FRANTIŠEK GROSS and KAREL LUDWIG

Czech: 1909-1985 and Unknown, respectively

"Greetings to the Red Army"

1945

Lithograph

37½ x 24¾

ARTIST UNKNOWN

The allied forces destroy the swastika

1945

Lithograph

20 x 23¾

BOHUMIL ŠTĚPÁN

Czech, 1913-1985

"Yesterday a collaborator/Today an alarmist"

c. 1945

Lithograph

49¼ x 36¼

VIKTOR KORETSKY

Ukrainian, 1909-1998

"The motherland will never forget the heroic deeds of its sons!"

1947

Lithograph

34 x 24

THE KUKRYNIKSY

(MIKHAIL KUPRIANOV, PORFIRY KRYLOV, and NIKOLAI SOKOLOV)

Russian: 1903-1991, 1902-1990, and 1903-, respectively

The U.S., Britain, and France violating the Yalta and Potsdam agreements

1947

Ink, crayon and watercolor on paper

12 x 17¼

ALEXANDER ZHITOMIRSKY

Russian, 1907-1993

Hysterical War Drummer

1948

Photomontage

15¾ x 11¾

ARTIST UNKNOWN

"Vote list 1 for the communists"

1948

Lithograph

41 x 32

BORIS EFIMOV

Russian, 1900-

"Forces of peace with Soviet Union at their head are invincible!"

1949

Lithograph

25 x 33

N. JURESKU

Tito joins the West

1950

Lithograph

21¼ x 16¾

VIKTOR KORETSKY

Ukrainian, 1909-1998

"In socialism, there is no place for unemployment! In capitalism, there are millions of unemployed!"

1950

Lithograph

23¼ x 33½

VIKTOR KORETSKY

Ukrainian, 1909-1998

"We demand peace!"

1950

Lithograph

46½ x 31½

ALEXANDER ZHITOMIRSKY

Russian, 1907-1993

"Voice of America"

1950

Photomontage

12¾ x 16

ALEXANDER ZHITOMIRSKY

Russian, 1907-1993

The New Napoleons — Truman and Churchill

1950

Photomontage (original photo)

19 x 13½

ALEXANDER ZHITOMIRSKY

Russian, 1907-1993

The Stock Exchange watered with the blood of US soldiers

1950

Photomontage

16¾ x 12

ARTIST UNKNOWN

"The nations of the world do not want to repeat the horror of war again"

c. 1950

Lithograph

23½ x 33