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Anatoly Kaplan’s painting Pakhar’ both commemorates the lost Jewish world of his childhood and reflects accepted Soviet iconography. The Yiddish inscription that frames the central image reads,…
Contributor:
Anatoly Kaplan
Places:
Leningrad, USSR (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1960
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This woodcut was published in Petrograd (Saint Petersburg) after Aronson had left the Soviet Union. In it, Aronson combined elements of cubo-futurism and constructivism. Several figures can be spotted…
Contributor:
Boris Aronson
Places:
Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1920
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The stamp of Joseph Knebel’s publishing house features his initials, J. K., on a leaf-like shield mounted on a floral wreath.
Contributor:
Joseph Knebel
Places:
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)
Date:
1909
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This poster, designed by an unknown artist, presents in a clear, graphic manner the goal of the Soviet campaign to eradicate religious life. The texts in Yiddish emphasize the need to bring an end to…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Places:
USSR (Russia)
Date:
1923–1933