A Sea Raid

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Konstantin A. Vialov

Title

A Sea Raid

Place

Russia (Artist's nationality:)

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1944

Medium

Stencil

Inscriptions

The sailors are not afraid of fire. Rain and snow are not a hindrance. For our dear homeland We are going on a sea raid. We will claw back what the German has grabbed! The days of victory are near. By the sea the sailors are clearing A path toward the West.

Dimensions

140.4 × 123.3 cm (55 5/16 × 48 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries

Reference Number

2010.220

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