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Two Faces

A work made of stencil.

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  • A work made of stencil.

Date:

February 12, 1944

Artist:

Sergei Nikolaevich Kostin
(Born Moscow, 1896; died Moscow, 1968)
Samuil Iakovlevich Marshak
(Born Voronezh, 1887; died Moscow, 1964)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Sergei N. Kostin

Title

Two Faces

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

Inscribed at the top center of the image: Finland The White Finn has two faces, And don’t you believe him: Facing west he is a lamb, Facing east he is a beast!

Dimensions

136.5 × 119.2 cm (53 3/4 × 46 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries

Reference Number

2010.84

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