The Arsonists Burn

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Vladimir V. Lebedev

Title

The Arsonists Burn

Place

Soviet Union (Object made in)

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Original 1943

Medium

Stencil

Inscriptions

The Führer had predicted Fireworks for Germany. His prediction has come true: The burning buildings crackle. And Hitler, Göring and company Hide from the thunder in the cellar.

Dimensions

173 × 79 cm (68 1/8 × 31 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries

Reference Number

2010.117

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