You Don't Scare Us
Poster
ca. 1984 (made)
ca. 1984 (made)
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This poster was published in Russia during the Cold War. It responds to the potential threat of a nuclear strike by America, showing a Russian worker staring defiantly at a caricature of US President Ronald Reagan.
Object details
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| Title | You Don't Scare Us |
| Materials and techniques | Offset lithography |
| Brief description | Poster by I. Mikhaylin : 'You Don't Scare Us'. Russia, ca.1984 |
| Physical description | The right-hand two thirds of the sheet are filled by the image of a muscular man in work overalls and helmet featuring the Soviet hammer and sickle, operating buttons on a piece of machinery. Above his head, the slogan 'You Don't Scare Us!' He looks toward the left-hand third of the sheet, which encloses a caricature of Ronald Reagan shouting into a microphone. Reagan's hand hovers over a button, presumably to launch a missile strike, and the silhouettes of missiles marked 'US' loom behind him. |
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| Production type | Unlimited edition |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr Michael Voggenauer |
| Object history | This poster was produced in Russia during the Cold War, as Soviet propaganda. |
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| Summary | This poster was published in Russia during the Cold War. It responds to the potential threat of a nuclear strike by America, showing a Russian worker staring defiantly at a caricature of US President Ronald Reagan. |
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| Accession number | E.541-2015 |
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| Record created | July 17, 2014 |
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