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Poster - Pax Sovietica

Pax Sovietica

  • Object:

    Poster

  • Place of origin:

    Poland (printed)

  • Date:

    1982 (printed)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Colour lithograph

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Solidarity with Solidarity

  • Museum number:

    E.1398-1993

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

  • Image in copyright

When the Communist authorities in Poland declared martial law in 1981 in order to stem the growing influence of the Solidarity trade union, this poster was printed in secret on an underground press. It satirised the seemingly endless references to peace in Soviet propaganda and the brutal reality of Communist rule.

Physical description

Landscape format poster. A military tank in the form of a dove in cream on a red ground, with the caption below.

Place of Origin

Poland (printed)

Date

1982 (printed)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Colour lithograph

Dimensions

Height: 397 mm sheet, Width: 597 mm sheet

Production Note

Anti -communist poster

Materials

Paper; Printing ink

Techniques

Colour lithography

Subjects depicted

Propaganda; Politics; Satire; Peace; Democracy; Poland; Counter-revolution; Martial Law

Categories

Prints; Caricatures & Cartoons; Politics; Propaganda; Posters

Collection code

PDP

Qr_O76022
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