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Print

1914 (made)
Artist/Maker
Typolithography S. Muharsky (printer)
Kasimir Malevich (maker)
Place of origin
Russia (made)

General Description: Printed by Typo-lithography S.Mouharsky and published by Lubok of Today, Moscow, 1914. Captioned with satirical verses and lettered with details of printing and publication.

Russian satirical broadsheet showing the defeat of the Austrian Army by Russian forces in Galicia.Captioned with satirical verses and lettered with details of printing and publication.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Paper (Fiber Product)
Colour Lithography
Physical description
General Description: Printed by Typo-lithography S.Mouharsky and published by Lubok of Today, Moscow, 1914. Captioned with satirical verses and lettered with details of printing and publication.

Russian satirical broadsheet showing the defeat of the Austrian Army by Russian forces in Galicia.Captioned with satirical verses and lettered with details of printing and publication.
Dimensions
  • Height: 37.3cm
  • Width: 55cm
37.3 x 55 cm
Object history
The satirical verse reads: The Austrians at the Carpathian Mountains/ were cursing madly as we chased the silly-faced gang/ through the whole of Galicia. Lubok of Today was only published from August - November 1914. Other sheets in this series are E.399-401-1988 [See Catalogue of PRINTS MAYAKOVSKY and MALEVICH]
Production
Printed by Typo-lithography S.Mouharsky and published by Lubok of Today, Moscow, 1914.
Bibliographic reference
Angelica Zander Rudenstine The George Costakis Collection, New York, 1981, cat.no. 946, illus. [on the Lubok of Today] Vasilii Ratkin 'Malevich's Toy-Box War' in Art and Design, Dec.1986, pp 45-7.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.398-1988

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Record createdNovember 24, 2008
Record URL
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