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Don’t fool around!

Poster Number: PP 164
Category: Cold War
Poster Notes: The Soviet soldier holds a book on the history of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 while Uncle Sam tries to ignite a bomb.
Media Size: 36.5x26.5
Poster Type: Lithograph and Offset
Publishing Date: 1948
Editorial Information: Editor E. Povolotskaia.
Technical Information on Poster: December 15, 1947. Publication No. 7827. Volume 1 sheet of paper. Order No. 12. Price 1 ruble.
Glavlit Directory Number: A 10938
Catalog Notes: PP 164 Cold War b
Artist: Govorkov, Viktor Ivanovich — Говорков, Виктор Иванович
Viktor Ivanovich Govorkov studied art in the studios of the Club for Soviet Workers in Vladivostok during the mid-1920s. From 1926 to 1930, Govorkov studied at VKhUTEIN [Higher Art and Technical Institute] in Moscow under the tutelage of Sergei Gerasimov where he concentrated in monumental art. His thesis at VKhUTEIN was a sketch for a panel intended for decoration on Red Square in preparation for the May Day festivities there in 1930. Upon his graduation he served ...
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Printer: Iskusstvo (Art Publishing House) Lithography Workshop, Moscow — Литография Издательство Искусство, Москва
Iskusstvo publishing was formed in 1936 from Ogiz-Izogiz (State Art and Literature Publishing House). The entity also had its own lithography workshops. In Moscow, the publisher had printing operations located at 2 Sadovo-Kudrinskaia Street, 9 Dmitrov Lane, and at 2 Tsvetkovskii Passage.
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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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