Ancestors and Descendants

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Pavel P. Sokolov-Skalia

Title

Ancestors and Descendants

Place

Russia (Artist's nationality)

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Original 1944

Medium

Stencil

Inscriptions

As in the olden times the strong blacksmith Inspired the warrior to heroic martial feats By turning with wondrous work a steel sword Into a “magic sword.” So in our days, his descendants Without tiring, day and night: Forge weapons, bone-crushing tanks For our beloved heroic warriors!

Dimensions

203.1 × 100.3 cm (80 × 39 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries

Reference Number

2010.180

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