Fine Art, Arms & Armor, April 6th 2024
Lot 2112:
Stalin Vedet nas k Pobede!(Stalin leads us to victory!). Voenisdat – Moscow 1943. Rare Russian WWII Patriotic Poster. Author – Iraklij Toidze (1902 – 1985)Toidze I – Georgian Soviet painter and graphic artist. People’s Artist of the Georgian SSR (1980). Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1951). Laureate of four Stalin Prizes (1941, 1948, 1949, 1951).Toidze’s early paintings ("Ilyich’s Light Bulb", Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow) played a significant role in establishing the Soviet theme in the Georgian everyday genre. The author of the painting "Young Stalin reads the poem by S. Rustaveli" The Knight in the Panther’s Skin". His illustrations for Shota Rustaveli’s poem "The Knight in the Panther’s Skin" (ink, brush, pen, 1937) are distinguished by the heroic and dramatic power of images. The posters created by the artist during the Great Patriotic War ("Under the banner of Lenin – forward to the West!" (1941), "For the Motherland!" (1943), "Let’s liberate Europe from the chains of fascist slavery!") have great emotional and invocative power. (1945) His poster "The Motherland Calls!"(1941) gained worldwide fame. Dimensions – 27 1/8" by 17 1/4". ~~. Detailed condition reports are not included in this catalog. For additional information, including condition reports, please contact us at [email protected]. 713.
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