Fascist reports
Poster
1942 (made)
1942 (made)
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The Great Patriotic War saw a revival of the art of the propaganda poster in the Soviet Union, and well known artists such as Nikolai Radlov and Pavel Sokolov-Skalya were quick to respond to the emergency. Tass Windows, published by the state news agency TASS, revived the Rosta Windows published by the Russian telegraph agency ROSTA during the Civil War. The decision to re-launch the Windows was taken by a meeting of the Union of Artists within two days of Hitler's invasion of Russia in 1941. Based on topical themes, Tass Windows were stencilled and then reproduced in up to 1000 copies in three or more colours. More than seventy artists were involved in their production over the course of the conflict, with up to twenty-four new Windows appearing per month at its height.
Object details
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| Title | Fascist reports (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | Second World War poster with verse by Samuil Ya Marshak. Tass Window (no 536). USSR, 1942 |
| Physical description | Two images: a man swimming below the surface of the sea up to a German boat (above); explosion of German ship (below). Russian verse. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Cyrillic text
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| Credit line | Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko |
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| Summary | The Great Patriotic War saw a revival of the art of the propaganda poster in the Soviet Union, and well known artists such as Nikolai Radlov and Pavel Sokolov-Skalya were quick to respond to the emergency. Tass Windows, published by the state news agency TASS, revived the Rosta Windows published by the Russian telegraph agency ROSTA during the Civil War. The decision to re-launch the Windows was taken by a meeting of the Union of Artists within two days of Hitler's invasion of Russia in 1941. Based on topical themes, Tass Windows were stencilled and then reproduced in up to 1000 copies in three or more colours. More than seventy artists were involved in their production over the course of the conflict, with up to twenty-four new Windows appearing per month at its height. |
| Other number | LS.585 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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| Accession number | E.282-2004 |
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| Record created | July 5, 2004 |
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