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![[WWII, PROPAGANDA] 1941 "Slit Trenches - Reliable Shelter" Soviet Poster](https://s1.img.bidsquare.com/item/xl/3807/38075518.jpeg?t=1WMeeP)
Lot 161
[WWII, PROPAGANDA] 1941 "Slit Trenches - Reliable Shelter" Soviet Poster
Estimate: $500 - $750
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| $100 | $25 |
| $300 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
Александр Викторович Васильев (1913-1976) [Alexander Viktorovich Vasilyev], designer
ЩЕЛИ - ТРАНШЕИ - НАДЕЖНОЕ УКРЫТИЕ / ОТ ОСКОЛКОВ И ВЗРЫВНОИ ВОЛНЫ [SLIT TRENCHES - RELIABLE SHELTER / AGAINST SHRAPNEL AND BLAST WAVES]
Typolithography on paper
Leningrad, Soviet Union
ИЗОРАМ [IZORAM (Art Workshops for Working Youth)]
1941
Approx. 17 x 24 1/4
A Soviet World War II propaganda poster encouraging citizens to build and utilize slit trenches. The artist shows a family safely tucked in an underground trench while a bomb detonates aboveground, destroying the landscape.
Though best known as an architect, Vasilyev was a prolific poster designer during the War, winning 1st nd 2nd prizes in an anti-fascist poster competition run by the Arts Department of the Leningrad City Executive Committee.
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[Soviet Art, Soviet Propaganda, Soviet Union, Posters, Ephemera]
Condition
Framed. Not examined out of frame. Complete condition report available upon request.
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