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We are insisting on peace, but if you touch us .... -V. Maiakovskii

Poster Number: PP 506
Category: Cold War
Poster Notes: Written in the book, “I want the pen to be equal to a bayonet!”, a line from the poem Domoi! (Homeward!) by Vladimir Maiakovskii (1893-1930). He is depicted on the poster holding a pen. The likeness was taken from a photo of the poet at his "20 Years Of Work" exhibition in Moscow; [On Churchill’s torch] "War Against The USSR"; [On Churchill’s flyer] "Crusade Against the USSR"; [On De Gaulle’s Hat] "Zhul Mok".
Media Size: 35x26
Poster Type: Lithograph and Offset
Publishing Date: 1950
Editorial Information: Editor B. Vorontsov
Technical Information on Poster: [Approved] February 25, 1950; Publication No. 8984; Volume 2 sheets of paper; Order No. 768; Price 1 ruble [Printed at] 9 Kronverkskaia Street
Glavlit Directory Number: A 02062
Catalog Notes: PP 506 Cold War b
Artist: Koretskii, Viktor Borisovich (Koretsky, Victor) — Корецкий, Виктор Борисович
Of the photomontage poster artists of the 20th century, Viktor Borisovich Koretskii stands out as one of the most iconic. His prolific career in the Soviet Union began in the 1930s and ended in the 1980s, and his unique artistic style influenced generations of graphic artists. From 1921 to 1929, Viktor Koretskii attended the Moscow Secondary School of Professional Art, and by 1931 he was working as a professional graphic designer. Koretskii perfected his own technique of photomontage ...
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Printer: 24th Lithography Workshop of Glavpoligrafizdat, Leningrad — 24-я Литографическая треста Главполиграфиздата по Совета Министров СССР, Ленинград
The 24th Lithography Workshop of Glavpoligrafizdat (Main Administration for Matters of Polygraphic Industry Publishing and Book Selling) was located at at Kronverkskaia and Mir Streets in Leningrad (St. Petersburg). Historically, the workshop had its roots in Imperial Russia as a large printing operation founded in 1881 by Theodore Kibbel (Fedor Fyodorovich Kibbel'). Shortly after the printer was nationalized by the Soviets, it became the 1st State Lithography Workshop and in 1924, it was named in honor of ...
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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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