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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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