All good things \----- Must come to an end!
Poster Number: PP 1157
Category: Communist Culture
Poster Notes: In Russian, the expression on this poster would be, “not all cats at Maslenitsa... make it to Eastertide!". That expression can also be translated as "not everyday is Shrove Tuesday"; [Figures left to right]: Diplomat, Merchant, Bourgeois, [the Tsar flanked by military men], General, Priest and a Diplomat; [Imprisoned figures on lower panel are same as above. Lower panel sign]: "Stake in the heart of [Tsar] Nicolas".
Media Size: 21x20
Poster Type: Lithograph
Publishing Date: 1920
Sources & Citation: Soviet Posters of the era of the Civil War 1918-1921 by B.S. Butnik-Siverskii (1960), page 178, poster 365
Catalog Notes: PP 1157 Communist Culture c
Artist: Artist Unknown — неизвестный художник
The artist's name on the poster is not indicated. By assigning Artist Unknown to a poster it also could mean the artist used a chop mark whereby no signature is seen thus rendering the artist's identity anonymous.
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Printer: Printer not indicated —
Publisher: State Publishing House, Moscow — Государственное издательство, Москва
In May 1919, the All-Russian Central Executive Committee created the State Publishing House of the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic), Moscow. The State Publishing House had its origins in Imperial Russia as the Royal Print Yard in St. Petersburg. As the Red Army controlled more provinces and cities in former Imperial Russia, the State Publishing House developed offices outside St. Petersburg. The State Publishing House, Moscow is sometimes cited in historical references as the "...
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