Captured!

Prints and Drawings

February 17, 1944

Vladimir Lebedev
(Born St. Petersburg, 1891; died Leningrad, 1967)
Aleksei Ivanovich Mashistov
(Birth and death dates unknown)

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Artist: Vladimir V. Lebedev
Title: Captured!
Origin: Russia
Date: 1944
Medium: Stencil
Inscriptions: To the north of Zvenigorodka and Shpola, our troops have continued to battle to destroy a surrounded enemy force. (From an operational communiqué of February 15, 1944) The wild beast won’t escape death: All escape routes are cut off. The bloodthirsty wolf has been ensnared It’s our duty to finish him off.
Dimensions: 1705 x 862 mm
Credit Line: Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
Reference Number: 2010.118

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