Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
[TASS Window 903]
Primary Maker
Place
Date
[1941-1945]
Physical Description
1 sheet : col. ill. ; 1420 x 1200 mm
Language
Russian
Level of Current Record
Single Item
Media
Technique
Subject Category
Military history--Soviet Union
World War, 1939-1945--Finland
Finland. Army--History
World War, 1939-1945--Germany
World War, 1939-1945--Occupied territories
World War, 1939-1945--Art and the war
Propaganda, Communist--Soviet Union
World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda--Exhibitions
World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda
World War, 1939-1945--Russia
World War, 1939-1945--Soviet Union
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Soviet Union
Soviet Union--History--1939-1945
Public Access Text
In the immediate aftermath of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, a group of artists and writers in Moscow joined forces under the auspices of the TASS News Agency to help reassure and rouse the Soviet citizenry by producing large-scale posters—TASS Windows.
[Source: http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/exhibitions/TASS/index]
Subject Notes
Samuil Marshak (1887-1964) was a Russian Jewish writer, translator and children's poet.
Copyright
No known copyright restrictions
Last Update
28 Feb 2024
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