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They Won't Escape!

A work made of stencil.

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  • A work made of stencil.

Date:

December 29, 1944

Artist:

Petr Ashotovich Sarkisian
(Born Moscow, 1922; died Moscow, 1970)
Osip Maksimovich Brik
(Born Moscow, 1888; died Moscow, 1945)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Petr A. Sarkisian

Title

They Won't Escape!

Place

Russia (Artist's nationality:)

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

With the sinking of the “Tirpitz” the last German battleship has been put out of commission. The naval fleet is sunk. Seeking safety, The elite pirates are running away. But they will not escape retribution, They won’t “come out of the water dry.”

Dimensions

133.6 × 124.6 cm (52 5/8 × 49 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries

Reference Number

2010.152

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