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Original Vintage Anti Religion Soviet Propaganda Poster Cross And Tractor Farmer

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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:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1939
  • Condition:
    Fair condition, restored significant loss in the bottom left corner, restored folds and tears, backed on linen.
  • Seller Location:
    London, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1012617879521

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