A Portrait of a Scoundrel, True to the Scale of His Short Stature

Prints and Drawings

July 17, 1942

Nikolai Ernestovich Radlov
(Born St. Petersburg, 1889; died Moscow [?], 1942)
A. M. Argo
(Birth and death dates unknown)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Nikolai E. Radlov
Title: A Portrait of a Scoundrel, True to the Scale of His Short Stature
Place: Russia (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1942
Medium: Stencil
Inscriptions: 1. There was a time, in the years of NEP Quisling, standing on Il'inka Street, Shouted, quite ferociously: “Franks! Lira! Swedish krones! Switchblades!” For currency trading in our country He was expelled with a kick in the rear. 2. Over a bottle of beer, or maybe Riesling, In a restaurant somewhere Hitler met Quisling. Hitler was seeking any old way To find an executioner to torment Norway. Quisling volunteered: “I’m a Judas, Who else do you want for this?!...” 3. And Hitler sent him off to Norway To head the Fascist bandit government! The Germans oppress the Norwegian people, Humiliating and robbing them freely. And Quisling takes for himself A healthy portion of the proceeds! 4. Here is a gallery, full of various trash, With a proper place For every traitor: Quisling, Laval, Doriot: They are all risen from the same dough!
Dimensions: 203 × 135 cm (79 15/16 × 53 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
Reference Number: 2010.141

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