Our Alphabet. An ass and Goebbels are of kin, in that they bray the same thing

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Artist/Maker	TASS (publisher) Lebedev, Vladimir Vasil'evich (designer)
Place of origin	Russia (published)

Colour poster on 7 sheets joined.

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Categories	Advertising Prints Propaganda Posters
Object type	Poster
Title	Our Alphabet. An ass and Goebbels are of kin, in that they bray the same thing (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Colour stencil Stencilling
Brief description	'Our Alphabet. An ass and Goebbels are of kin, in that they bray the same thing'. Poster designed by Vladimir Lebedev and issued by the Tass Agency of the U.S.S.R. Colour stencil, 1939-1945.
Physical description	Colour poster on 7 sheets joined.
Dimensions	Overall size height: 185.4cm Overall size width: 84.5cm Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions	(Lettered with artist's name) '645' (Numbered)
Credit line	Given by the Society for Cultural Relations with the U.S.S.R.
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2781-1962

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O699828/our-alphabet--an-ass-poster-lebedev-vladimir-vasilevich/

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