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An order by Stalin is an order by the Motherland.

Poster Number: PP 951
Category: World War II
Media Size: 33x25
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: 1942
Editorial Information: Editor I. Kaplan
Technical Information on Poster: No. 25; M No. 386; Price 1 ruble 50 kopeks
Catalog Notes: PP 951 WWII b
Artist: Serov, Vladimir Aleksandrovich — Серов, Владимир Александрович
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Serov was a painter, poster artist and illustrator who primarily worked in the Socialist Realism aesthetic. Born in a small town situated on the Volga River; Serov graduated from InPII (Institute of Proletarian Visual Arts) in Leningrad (St. Petesburg). He went on to perform his post-graduate work at InZhSA (Institute of Art, Sculpture and Architecture) -- the successor institute to InPII where he served as an instructor there from the 1930s until the 1960...
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Publisher: Iskusstvo (Art Publishing House), Moscow-Leningrad — Искусство, Москва-Ленинград
Iskusstvo was the Art Publishing House (A.K.A. Visual Arts Publishing) that was created in 1936 from Ogiz-Izogiz (State Art and Literature Publishing House). It disseminated books and journals dealing with graphic design and the fine arts, and it issued numerous posters. Since the Iskusstvo banner was part of the State Printing Works in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) and Moscow, its two main offices were located in those two cities.
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