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Original Vintage Anti Religion Soviet Propaganda Poster Cross And Tractor Farmer

About the Item

Original vintage anti-religious communist propaganda poster entitled Крест и Трактор / Cross and Tractor featuring a cartoon style design by Mikhail Cheremnykh (1890-1962) based on a poem by Demyan Bedny (1883-1945) about peasant exploitation by the Orthodox Church in Tsarist Russia and their brighter prospects under Soviet rule depicting a farmer with a cross tied to his back as he ploughs a field with a horse below an image of people having tea at a table from a samovar above, the priest being knocked off his chair by the man's cross as he looks down at a modern tractor worker below. Fair condition, restored significant loss in the bottom left corner, restored folds and tears, backed on linen.

Dimensions:

Height: 34.26 in (87 cm)Width: 23.23 in (59 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)

Materials and Techniques:

Paper

Place of Origin:

Russia

Period:

1930-1939

Date of Manufacture:

1939

Condition:

Fair condition, restored significant loss in the bottom left corner, restored folds and tears, backed on linen.