To the Heroes of the Sky

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Andrei Ivanovich Plotnov

Title

To the Heroes of the Sky

Place

Soviet Union (Object made in)

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1945

Medium

Stencil

Inscriptions

Glory to the masters of the sky so high, The brave performers of military feats, The valorous pilots, Stalin’s falcons, The proud heroes, victorious warriors!

Dimensions

158.2 × 85.5 cm (62 5/16 × 33 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries

Reference Number

2010.132

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