Vandals of the XX Century

Artist Murat Hafizovich Ishmametov 1925 - 1990

Printer Sovetsky Khudozhnik Moscow Russia

Date1965

Dimensions36 3/4 x 23 in. (93.3 x 58.4 cm)

ClassificationsPoster

Credit LinePoster House Permanent Collection

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Object numberPH.841

DescriptionSoviet artist Murat Hafizovich Ishmametov worked as a graphic designer from the late 1950s, producing mainly political posters in a Social Realist style as well as illustrations for the newspaper Soviet Culture. This piece of anti-American propaganda reflects the Cold War preoccupation with the nuclear threat presented by the murderous enemy.

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