Peace
Poster
1976 (made)
1976 (made)
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This poster is a typical example of the Soviet propaganda of the mid 1970s. It was published to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Warsaw Pact (1955) that created the military and economic allience of the East European countries. The allience was initiated by the USSR as the Socialist bloc counterpart to the NATO. Typically for the Soviet propaganda machine the Warsaw Pact was shown as the peace initiator and supporter.
Object details
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Title | Peace (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
Brief description | "Peace" Socialist Solidarity of the Warsaw Pact countries poster by E. Kudrieshov.USSR, 1976. |
Physical description | The globe with the gigantic word 'peace' in Russian and the flags of the countries of the Socialist bloc on a string. |
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Production type | Mass produced |
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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. |
Production | Publihing House 'Plakat' Attribution note: Published in quantity of 50,000 posters. Reason For Production: Commission Reason For Production: Commemorative |
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Summary | This poster is a typical example of the Soviet propaganda of the mid 1970s. It was published to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Warsaw Pact (1955) that created the military and economic allience of the East European countries. The allience was initiated by the USSR as the Socialist bloc counterpart to the NATO. Typically for the Soviet propaganda machine the Warsaw Pact was shown as the peace initiator and supporter. |
Other number | LS 1789 |
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Accession number | E.144-2004 |
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Record created | November 1, 2005 |
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