Religion Is The Tool Of Oppression
Poster
1933 (made)
1933 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
General Description: Soviet Russian anti-religious poster.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Religion 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. |
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| 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 created | December 9, 2008 |
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