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1940

Poster
1990 (designed and printed)
Artist/Maker
Lusis, Gunars (artist)
Place of origin
Latvia (designed and printed)

Red background. A blue framed window opens to reveal a dark sky and red star with hammer and sickle on it. Very simple and graphic.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
Title1940 (generic title)
Materials and techniques
colour offset lithograph.
Brief description
Gunars Lusis; '1940'; Latvia; 1990
Physical description
Red background. A blue framed window opens to reveal a dark sky and red star with hammer and sickle on it. Very simple and graphic.
Dimensions
  • Height: 59cm
  • Width: 88cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 1940 (Lettered within the image, in blue.)
  • RIGA "AVOTS" 1990 / Makslinieks Gunars Lusis / Maksl. red. V. Ivanovs. Tehn. red. D. Rubina / C(copyright) "Avots", 1990 / 5101010000 - 4 / L---------195.90 / M803 (11) - 90 / Izdevn. No.4/Ai-2248. 08.01.90. JT 01205. Formats 6X90. Ofseta papirs 120g/m2. Ofsetspiedums. 2 uzsk. iespiedl.; / 4 uzsk. kr. nov. Metiens 2591 eks. Pasut No.202421. Cena 15 kap. Iespiests Rigas Paraugtipografija, 226004 Riga, Vie- / nibas gatve 11. (Small text printed in black on bottom right.)
  • (Small text in Russian printed in black on bottom right. Needs to be added to Content box.)
Credit line
Accepted by H M Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2007
Historical context
In 1940 the USSR invaded Latvia (the red star and dark sky allude to this).
Subjects depicted
Hammer and Sickle
Window
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2852-2007

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Record createdJuly 31, 2009
Record URL
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