War 5 1/2% Loan

Prints and Drawings

1914/17

Yankovsky
Russian, 20th century

Much like the image Saint George (Bringer of Victories) from the series War: Mystical Images of War by Natalia Goncharova, this war-bond poster transforms the immediately recognizable figure of Saint George into a modern icon of warfare, wedding a mystical religious past with the deadly industrial present. The poster implores: “Our valiant army, sacrificing blood for the motherland fulfills its sacred duty. Let us fulfill ours—subscribe for the loan.”

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Yankovsky
Title: War 5 1/2% Loan
Place: Russia (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Published 1914–1917
Medium: Color lithograph on paper
Dimensions: 59.9 × 50 cm (23 5/8 × 19 11/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. Robertson
Reference Number: 1919.1074

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