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Lot 172
  • 172

Deni, Viktor

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
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Description

  • Deni, Viktor
  • A collection of 8 lithographed anti-fascist propaganda posters from the Second World War, comprising:
  • Paper
Ubei fashista-izuvera! [Kill the fascist fanatic!]. Moscow-Leningrad: Isskustvo, 1942, 400 x 285mm., print run of 150,000, slightly browned at foot
S prazdnikom na nashei ulitse [Best wishes for the holiday season on our streets!]. Moscow-Leningrad: Isskustvo, 1943, 500 x 610mm.
Fashistskaya stavka Krasnoarmeiskaya popravka [Fascist headquarters; the Red Army repair]. Moscow-Leningrad: Isskustvo, 1943, 705 x 585mm., print run of 100,000, slightly frayed at foot
Uznal fashistskii stertvyatnik, chto u nas - ne yagnyatnik! [The fascist vulture has been found out]. Moscow-Leningrad: Isskustvo, 1944, 554 x 405mm., print run of 15,000, slightly browned on left hand edge
Dlya Nemtsev strashnye veshi: "Meshki" i "Kleshki"! [Frightening things for the Germans: "Sacks" and "Pincers"!]. Moscow-Leningrad: Isskustvo, 1944, 410 x 560mm., print run of 25,000
Krasnoi armii grozen shag! Budet unichtozhen v logove vrag! [The Red Army's terrifying step! It will be the destruction of the enemy's lair!]. Moscow-Leningrad: Isskustvo, 1945, 790 x 545mm., print run of 50,000, creased at left hand edge, a few marginal paper repairs
Istreblenie fashistskogo gnezda navsegda! [Destruction of the Fascist nest forever!], Moscow-Leningrad: Isskustvo, 1945, 484 x 397mm.
Nikuda ne skritsya izuveru!... [Nowhere for the fanatic to hide!...]. Moscow-Leningrad: Isskustvo, 1945, 685 x 530mm.

Provenance

Purchased from the artist's family

Condition

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Catalogue Note

Deni was a significant artist of the propaganda posters produced during the First World War and came back to produce propaganda posters during the Second; he died soon after the end of the war in 1946.