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Victory!

A work made of stencil.

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  • A work made of stencil.

Date:

May 12, 1945

Artist:

Nikolai Fedorovich Denisovskii
(Born Moscow, 1901; died Moscow, 1981)
Vasilii Ivanovich Lebedev-Kumach
(Born Moscow, 1898; died Moscow, 1949)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Nikolai F. Denisovskii

Title

Victory!

Place

Russia (Artist's nationality:)

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1945

Medium

Stencil

Inscriptions

May this day remain hrough the ages The union of friendship, glory and valor! The Fascist beast is forever turned to ash. Victory has come! And in her hands The flags of the free peoples proudly wave. The world has never seen such victory! Glory to the heroes! Greetings to the Allies!

Dimensions

180.2 × 150 cm (71 × 59 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries

Reference Number

2010.80

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