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‘After his friend Karl Marx … Engels was the most wonderful scientist and teacher of the modern proletariat!’

Poster
1970 (made)
Artist/Maker
Sachkov, V. (artist)
Kochanov, C. (editors)
Place of origin
Moscow (made)

This poster glorifies Friedrich Engels, friend of Karl Marx, who was considered a key figure in the development of Communist ideology. In Soviet propaganda imagery, Engels often appears alongside Marx and Lenin, creating a trinity of communist founding fathers.


Object details

Categories
Propaganda
Politics
Posters
Object type
Poster
Title‘After his friend Karl Marx … Engels was the most wonderful scientist and teacher of the modern proletariat!’
Materials and techniques
colour offset lithograph
Paper
Ink
Brief description
Soviet propaganda poster depicting Friedrich Engels. Moscow, 1970.
Physical description
A massive figure of Friedrich Engels dominates the composition. A quote from one of Lenin’s works appears over the red background of rows of books.
Dimensions
  • Height: 103.1cm
  • Width: 68cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • '"After his friend Karl Marx … Engels was the most wonderful scientist and teacher of the modern proletariat!" V.I.Lenin'
    Translation
    Translation from Russian
  • V. Sachkov/ editor; Tirage – 50,000; Price 10 kopeek. (artist's signature)
  • ‘Publishing House “Izobrazitel’noye Iskusstvo”, Moscow, 1970’
  • Order of Lenin Typography “Krasny (red) Proletarian”, Moscow, 16, Krasnoproletarskaya Street.
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
Subjects depicted
Propaganda
Ideology
Politics
Communism
Books
Engels, Friedrich
Lenin
The Cold War
Places depicted
USSR
Moscow
Summary
This poster glorifies Friedrich Engels, friend of Karl Marx, who was considered a key figure in the development of Communist ideology. In Soviet propaganda imagery, Engels often appears alongside Marx and Lenin, creating a trinity of communist founding fathers.
Other number
LS.1415 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1751-2004

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Record createdJuly 20, 2005
Record URL
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