The Last Satellite

Prints and Drawings

October 5, 1944

Petr Ashotovich Sarkisian
(Born Moscow, 1922; died Moscow, 1970)
Samuil Iakovlevich Marshak
(Born Voronezh, 1887; died Moscow, 1964)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Petr A. Sarkisian
Title: The Last Satellite
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.: Original 1944
Medium: Stencil
Inscriptions: At first Hitler had a “throne” That rested on four legs. First he lost one of his legs And then another – crack! Two legs left. And then just one, A quite unstable leg. But soon that one will snap as well. It won’t be long at all!
Dimensions: 169 × 81 cm (66 9/16 × 31 15/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
Reference Number: 2010.150

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