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About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Sergei N. Kostin

Title

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Place

Soviet Union (Object made in)

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1945

Medium

Stencil

Inscriptions

The Russian maiden, having fallen into captivity, Was ordered about like a slave by the despicable Prussian. He tormented her pitilessly, amused himself at will, With the maiden’s groans, and the bitter tears. We know now the cost and meaning Of flattering words, and festive meetings. It is clear without words: “in sheep’s clothing The wolf is hiding his powerless wrath.”

Dimensions

120.8 × 112.6 cm (47 9/16 × 44 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries

Reference Number

2010.90

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