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USSR: Shocktroops of the World Proletariat

Gustav Gustavovich Klutsis (Latvian, 1895–1938 or 1944)
1931

Medium/Technique Poster, color lithograph on two sheets
Dimensions Sheet (Both Sheets Together): 143.5 × 104.5 cm (56 1/2 × 41 1/8 in.)
Credit Line Source unidentified
Accession Number2018.359.1-2
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrintsPosters

Joseph Stalin, front and center, leads a vast parade of workers and citizens from around the world in the coming Communist revolution. The Soviet Union will lead the way, but signs in German, Spanish, Hindi, and Chinese show that the rest of the world is not far behind. The title is taken from one of Stalin’s own books, published in 1931.​

Provenance2018, accessioned by the MFA. (Accession date: July 24, 2018)