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Kommunistisch

Poster
ca. 1920 (designed and printed)
Artist/Maker
M. G. I. Wien (Vienna) VIII (printer)
Matzel (artist)
Place of origin
Austria (designed and printed)

A red wave swirls towards Western Europe.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Propaganda
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleKommunistisch (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mounted.
Brief description
Matzel; 'Starkt Die Rote Welle-Dierettung Des Weltproletariats Und Wahlet, Kommunistisch'; 'Strengthen the Red Wave.....'; Austria
Physical description
A red wave swirls towards Western Europe.
Dimensions
  • Height: 66cm
  • Width: 93.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • STARKT DIE ROTE WELLE-DIE RETTUNG / DES WELTPROLETARIATS UND WAHLET / KOMMUNISTISCH (Main text in red and black, across bottom.)
    Translation
    Strenghten the Red Wave-salvation of the World Proletariat and vote KOMMUNISTIST.
  • DPUCKEREI .M.G.I. WIEN VIII. (Small text in black, bottom left.)
  • 1923 (Contemporary note made in pencil, bottom centre.)
  • Matzel (Artist's signature, top left.)
Credit line
Accepted by H M Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2007
Subject depicted
Map
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2681-2007

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O242767/kommunistisch-poster-matzel/
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