A Blow to the Enemy's Rear

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Aleksandr A. Przhetslavskii

Title

A Blow to the Enemy's Rear

Place

Soviet Union (Object made in)

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1945

Medium

Stencil

Inscriptions

An “SS” tank was moving along. When its path was suddenly cut off, Courageously reaching the Fascists’ rear lines, The cavalry flew like a storm. The wild cavalry flies Quickly, powerfully, and lightly, And steel armor will not save The enemy from the Russian blade.

Dimensions

131 × 112.5 cm (51 5/8 × 44 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries

Reference Number

2010.138

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