"We need a war"
Poster
1931 (designed), 15/03/1932 (ready for production), 21/03/1932 (ready for printing)
1931 (designed), 15/03/1932 (ready for production), 21/03/1932 (ready for printing)
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This poster features an image by celebrated propaganda artist Victor Deni and a poem by the equally celebrated Soviet poet Demian Bedny (Demian the Poor), the pseudonym of Efim Pridvorov. It shows capitalists as initiators of war, and war as a source of capitalist profit. The poem by Bedny declares, on the other hand, that the task of proletariat is to destroy warmongering and foster peace.
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Title | "We need a war" |
Materials and techniques | colour lithograph |
Brief description | Anti-Capitalist Soviet Poster published by IZOGIZ, USSR, 1932 |
Physical description | A fat Capitalist in a top hat with a cigar in his mouth is sitting on the pile of shipping boxes & crates. His vest is inscribed with the words "We need a war". The boxes are denoted as "military shipments". Cannons are visible behind the pile of boxes. Underneath the picture is a poem titled "To be destroyed", composed by Demian Bedny. |
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Credit line | Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko |
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Summary | This poster features an image by celebrated propaganda artist Victor Deni and a poem by the equally celebrated Soviet poet Demian Bedny (Demian the Poor), the pseudonym of Efim Pridvorov. It shows capitalists as initiators of war, and war as a source of capitalist profit. The poem by Bedny declares, on the other hand, that the task of proletariat is to destroy warmongering and foster peace. |
Other number | LS.2707 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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Accession number | E.1973-2004 |
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Record created | July 8, 2005 |
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