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Religion Is The Tool Of Oppression

Poster
1933 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

General Description: Soviet Russian anti-religious poster.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleReligion Is The Tool Of Oppression
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
Poster by Dmitry Moor entitled 'Religion Is The Tool Of Oppression'. Russia, 1933.
Physical description
General Description: Soviet Russian anti-religious poster.
Dimensions
  • Height: 109.3cm
  • Width: 70.1cm
109.3 x 70.1 cm
Object history
The captions on the poster are as follows: below the title: Blessed are the meek / the Kingdom of Heaven awaits them, from the priest: Endure and from the uniformed figure keep silent. Beneath the image: "Two social elements are required to keep all and every kind of oppressed class alive - [that of] the hangman and [that of] the priest". Below this details of publication including the names of the art director Usinin and technical director Leonov.
Collection
Accession number
E.1280-1989

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Record createdDecember 9, 2008
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