A Sea Raid

Prints and Drawings

January 31, 1944

Konstantin Aleksandrovich Vialov
(Born Moscow, 1900; died Moscow, 1976)
Aleksandr Alekseevich Zharov
(Born Semenovskaia, 1904; died Moscow, 1984)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Konstantin A. Vialov
Title: A Sea Raid
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.: 1944
Medium: Stencil
Inscriptions: The sailors are not afraid of fire. Rain and snow are not a hindrance. For our dear homeland We are going on a sea raid. We will claw back what the German has grabbed! The days of victory are near. By the sea the sailors are clearing A path toward the West.
Dimensions: 140.4 × 123.3 cm (55 5/16 × 48 9/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
Reference Number: 2010.220

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