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In the Mountains of Transylvania

A work made of stencil.

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  • A work made of stencil.

Date:

November 11, 1944

Artist:

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Przhetslavskii
(Born 1875)
Mikhail Maksimovich Vershinin
(Born 1923; died 1986)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Aleksandr A. Przhetslavskii

Title

In the Mountains of Transylvania

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

Our forces are in the mountains of Transylvania. The thunder of gunfire is unceasing. Heroes of Russia! Victory is near. The enemy will not escape retribution!

Dimensions

123.5 × 107.5 cm (48 5/8 × 42 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries

Reference Number

2010.134

Extended information about this artwork

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