HISTORIC MILITARIA & WARTIME COLLECTIBLES

A SOVIET CARICATURE POSTER BY IVAN SEMENOV 1948

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Estimated price: $200 - $250

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A Soviet poster-caricature "My vraga vstrechaem prosto…" ["We meet the enemy simply …"]. Artist Ivan Semenov. Published by "ISKUSSTVO", 1948. Circulation: 100,000 copies. Multicolor lithography on paper. The poster behind the soldier depicts, in chronological order, opponents suspended from bayonets: 1918 – the German army; 1918 – Kornilov; 1919 – Yudenich; 1920 – Kolchak, Denikin, Wrangel; 1919-1920 – the Entente; 1920 – Pilsudski; 1922 – the Japanese; 1929 – White China generals; 1938-1939 – Japanese from Hassan and Khalkhin Gola; 1940 – white finns; 1941-1945 – Hitler, Mussolini, Antonescu, Horthy, Mannerheim, Kwantung Army.

Dimensions : 22 1/2 x 34 in., (142 x 86.5 cm.)

Condition : Good, with traces of creases and slight tears.