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The Last Satellite

A work made of stencil.

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  • A work made of stencil.

Date:

October 5, 1944

Artist:

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

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Petr A. Sarkisian

Title

The Last Satellite

Place

Soviet Union (Object made in:)

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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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