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Exactly According to Orders

A work made of stencil.

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  • A work made of stencil.

Date:

April 25, 1944

Artist:

Petr Ashotovich Sarkisian
(Born Moscow, 1922; died Moscow, 1970)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Petr A. Sarkisian

Title

Exactly According to Orders

Place

Soviet Union (Object made in:)

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.

1944

Medium

Stencil

Inscriptions

"In fighting on the river Ingulets the German command has lost all control of its forces and has issued them an order to fight their way west in small groups and even individually.” Save yourself if possible!

Dimensions

130.3 × 117.4 cm (51 5/16 × 46 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries

Reference Number

2010.147

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