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Our Crimea

A work made of stencil.

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  • A work made of stencil.

Date:

May 9, 1944

Artist:

Pavel Sokolov-Skalya
Born Strel’nia, 1899; died Moscow, 1961

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Pavel P. Sokolov-Skalia

Title

Our Crimea

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.

Original 1944

Medium

Stencil

Inscriptions

The heroic Soviet warrior walks with seven-mile steps through abundant Soviet Crimea, sweeping into the sea the remains of the despicable bands of German-Romanian thieves. (The newspaper Pravda)

Dimensions

171 × 84.5 cm (67 3/8 × 33 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries

Reference Number

2010.178

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