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A Blow to the Enemy's Rear

A work made of stencil.

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  • A work made of stencil.

Date:

January 26, 1945

Artist:

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Przhetslavskii
(Born 1875)
Aleksei Ivanovich Mashistov
(Birth and death dates unknown)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Aleksandr A. Przhetslavskii

Title

A Blow to the Enemy's Rear

Place

Soviet Union (Object made in)

Date

1945

Medium

Stencil

Inscriptions

An “SS” tank was moving along. When its path was suddenly cut off, Courageously reaching the Fascists’ rear lines, The cavalry flew like a storm. The wild cavalry flies Quickly, powerfully, and lightly, And steel armor will not save The enemy from the Russian blade.

Dimensions

131 × 112.5 cm (51 5/8 × 44 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries

Reference Number

2010.138

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