Warrior, don't retreat
Poster
1942 (made)
1942 (made)
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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 | Warrior, don't retreat (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
Brief description | Second World War poster with verse by Stepan Schipakov. Tass Window (no 580). USSR, 1942 |
Physical description | Nazi soldier depicted as an emaciated animal. The beast covers the face of its prey, a dead woman. |
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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 | 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.584 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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Accession number | E.280-2004 |
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Record created | July 5, 2004 |
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