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Naval Guardsmen

A work made of stencil.

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  • A work made of stencil.

Date:

June 26, 1942

Artist:

Konstantin Aleksandrovich Vialov
(Born Moscow, 1900; died Moscow, 1976)
Vasilii Ivanovich Lebedev-Kumach
(Born Moscow, 1898; died Moscow, 1949)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Konstantin A. Vialov

Title

Naval Guardsmen

Place

Russia (Artist's nationality)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1942

Medium

Stencil

Inscriptions

Fascist pirates, you have no hope Of escaping alive from the guardsmen, When guardsmen meet their enemy They leave only wreckage in their wake.

Dimensions

176.5 × 75 cm (69 1/2 × 29 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries

Reference Number

2010.218

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