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ARTIST UNKNOWN

Original watercolors for ROSTA Window series #188

"1. It is, you know, they [industrial workers] who represent countries and peoples"

c. 1920

Watercolor pigment and india ink

approx. 22¼ x 17

In the captions artists' titles are in italics, descriptive titles are in roman, and inscriptions taken from the artwork are in quotation marks.

Dimensions are in inches.

ARTIST UNKNOWN

Original watercolors for ROSTA Window series #188

"2. The Western Proletariat — France, England, Rumania — hard as reinforced concrete"

c. 1920

Watercolor pigment and india ink

approx. 22¼ x 17

ARTIST UNKNOWN

Original watercolors for ROSTA Window series #188

"3. Persians, Turks, Japanese, Chinese, and Koreans range themselves under the banner of the East"

c. 1920

Watercolor pigment and india ink

approx. 22¼ x 17

ARTIST UNKNOWN

Original watercolors for ROSTA Window series #188

"4. America, Africa, Australia are with us — colonies broke the links of their chains"

c. 1920

Watercolor pigment and india ink

approx. 22¼ x 17

ARTIST UNKNOWN

Original watercolors for ROSTA Window series #188

"5. Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaizhan, Sweden, and Norway rise above snowy peaks"

c. 1920

Watercolor pigment and india ink

approx. 22¼ x 17

ARTIST UNKNOWN

Original watercolors for ROSTA Window series #188

"6. In all, eighty nations or peoples under the red banner of the international"

c. 1920

Watercolor pigment and india ink

approx. 22¼ x 17

BORIS EFIMOV

Russian, 1900-

"A True Aryan Should Be: Tall (Goebbels), Muscular and Slim (Goering), Blonde (Hitler)"

1941

Ink, watercolor, pencil on cardboard

19 x 14¼

BORIS EFIMOV

Russian, 1900-

Untitled

1941

Ink, white paint, watercolor on cardboard

12½ x 9½

ADOLF HOFFMEISTER

Czech, 1902-1973

J.P. Morgan

1952

Ink, pencil, watercolor on cardboard

25¾ x 17¾

ADOLF HOFFMEISTER

Czech, 1902-1973

Rockefeller on Friday, October 24, 1929 (Black Friday)

1952

Ink, sprayed ink, pencil, watercolor on cardboard

17¾ x 26

THE KUKRYNIKSY

(MIKHAIL KUPRIANOV, PORFIRY KRYLOV, and NIKOLAI SOKOLOV)

Russian: 1903-1991, 1902-1990, and 1903-, respectively

Hitler and Mussolini reviewing the Fascist leadership

1936

Ink and watercolor on cardboard

16¾ x 16

THE KUKRYNIKSY

(MIKHAIL KUPRIANOV, PORFIRY KRYLOV, and NIKOLAI SOKOLOV)

Russian: 1903-1991, 1902-1990, and 1903-, respectively

Goebbels ladling out propaganda to the Russian émigré (non-Communist) press

1937

Ink, pencil, crayon, and watercolor on paper and cardboard

15¼ x 12¼

THE KUKRYNIKSY

(MIKHAIL KUPRIANOV, PORFIRY KRYLOV, and NIKOLAI SOKOLOV)

Russian: 1903-1991, 1902-1990, and 1903-, respectively

Stalin's enemies supporting the Nazis

1937

Ink, sprayed ink, watercolor on cardboard

16 x 13¼

THE KUKRYNIKSY

(MIKHAIL KUPRIANOV, PORFIRY KRYLOV, and NIKOLAI SOKOLOV)

Russian: 1903-1991, 1902-1990, and 1903-, respectively

The Red Army routs the murderous Nazi beasts

1942

Ink and gouache on paper

31½ x 19¾

THE KUKRYNIKSY

(MIKHAIL KUPRIANOV, PORFIRY KRYLOV, and NIKOLAI SOKOLOV)

Russian: 1903-1991, 1902-1990, and 1903-, respectively

Adolf Hilter

1943

Ink, pencil and watercolor on paper

17¾ x 12¾

THE KUKRYNIKSY

(MIKHAIL KUPRIANOV, PORFIRY KRYLOV, and NIKOLAI SOKOLOV)

Russian: 1903-1991, 1902-1990, and 1903-, respectively

Heinrich Himmler

1943

Ink and watercolor on paper

17¼ x 12¾

THE KUKRYNIKSY

(MIKHAIL KUPRIANOV, PORFIRY KRYLOV, and NIKOLAI SOKOLOV)

Russian: 1903-1991, 1902-1990, and 1903-, respectively

Hermann Goering

1943

Ink and watercolor on paper

15¾ x 12½

THE KUKRYNIKSY

(MIKHAIL KUPRIANOV, PORFIRY KRYLOV, and NIKOLAI SOKOLOV)

Russian: 1903-1991, 1902-1990, and 1903-, respectively

Untitled

1944

Ink, pencil, crayon, watercolor on paper

17¼ x 12½

THE KUKRYNIKSY

(MIKHAIL KUPRIANOV, PORFIRY KRYLOV, and NIKOLAI SOKOLOV)

Russian: 1903-1991, 1902-1990, and 1903-, respectively

The U.S., Britain, and France violating the Yalta and Potsdam agreements

1947

Ink, crayon and watercolor on paper

12 x 17¼

THE KUKRYNIKSY

(MIKHAIL KUPRIANOV, PORFIRY KRYLOV, and NIKOLAI SOKOLOV)

Russian: 1903-1991, 1902-1990, and 1903-, respectively

Platform for Nuclear Hysteria

1966

Ink and collage on cardboard

15.6 x 12.7

THE KUKRYNIKSY

(MIKHAIL KUPRIANOV, PORFIRY KRYLOV, and NIKOLAI SOKOLOV)

Russian: 1903-1991, 1902-1990, and 1903-, respectively

Vultures

1966

Ink on cardboard

14½ x 12½

THE KUKRYNIKSY

(MIKHAIL KUPRIANOV, PORFIRY KRYLOV, and NIKOLAI SOKOLOV)

Russian: 1903-1991, 1902-1990, and 1903-, respectively

The "respectable" CDU/CSU is no better than the neo-Nazi NDP

1970

Ink, gouache and watercolor on cardboard

15 x 17¼

THE KUKRYNIKSY

(MIKHAIL KUPRIANOV, PORFIRY KRYLOV, and NIKOLAI SOKOLOV)

Russian: 1903-1991, 1902-1990, and 1903-, respectively

The Agent of the Pentagon Arrives

1971

Ink on cardboard

13½ x 17½

DMITRI MOOR

Russian, 1883-1946

Capitalism devours everything

c. 1920

Ink and pencil on cardboard

40 x 28

DMITRI MOOR

Russian, 1883-1946

The capitalists will take your work back to their place, where labor is cheap and unemployment high

c. 1920

Ink, pencil on cardboard

13¾ x 12

DMITRI MOOR

Russian, 1883-1946

Untitled

c. 1920

Ink on cardboard

10 x 12

DMITRI MOOR

Russian, 1883-1946

Capitalism and German militarism are great pals

early 1920s

Ink, pencil, and crayon on cardboard

9¾ x 14

DMITRI MOOR

Russian, 1883-1946

"A red day is dawning"

1920s

Ink, pencil and watercolor on paper

11½ x 8¼

DMITRI MOOR

Russian, 1883-1946

Vicious capitalist stopped at the gates of the USSR

1920s

Ink, watercolor, crayon on cardboard

10½ x 9¼

DMITRI MOOR

Russian, 1883-1946

The Red Army keeps the capitalist pigs penned up

1934

Ink on cardboard

8½ x 13¾

DMITRI MOOR

Russian, 1883-1946

Nazi hogs stopped at the gates of the Kremlin by the Red Army

early 1940s

Ink, pencil, and watercolor on cardboard

10½ x 9¼