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Hindenburg and Hitler

A work made of stencil.

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  • A work made of stencil.

Date:

February 28, 1945

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

Hindenburg and Hitler

Place

Russia (Artist's nationality:)

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1945

Medium

Stencil

Inscriptions

In January 1933, Hindenburg gave Hitler “full power.” In January 1945 Hitler hurriedly shipped the remains of Hindenburg out of Eastern Prussia. The general said to the bandit: “Get down to work, bitte! You’re all fresh, and I am tired. I’m beaten, and you’re not yet beaten.” But awesome 1945 Beat even this old thug. And the beaten one carries the another beaten one To the rubbish heap, to a common grave.

Dimensions

141.5 × 125.5 cm (55 3/4 × 49 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries

Reference Number

2010.156

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