Poster by V. Denis "To the East 1941. To the West 1944", 1944

The original poster is in excellent collector's condition. The circulation is 15,000. In good condition. Guarantee of authenticity. Rare.

Victor Nikolaevich Denis (real name — Denisov; (February 24 (March 8), 1893, Moscow — August 3, 1946, Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet graphic artist, cartoonist, and one of the founders of the Soviet political poster. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1932). During the Great Patriotic War, Hitler became the main character of the cartoons, the main theme of which was the denunciation of fascism and a call for retribution ("The Face of Hitlerism", 1941; "On Moscow! Hoh! From Moscow: Oh!"During the Great Patriotic War, Hitler became the main character of the cartoons, the main theme of which was the denunciation of fascism and a call for retribution ("The Face of Hitlerism", 1941; "On Moscow! Hoh! From Moscow: Oh!", 1941; "Stalingrad", 1942; "Lightning war", 1942; "The Red Army will sweep the evil spirits to the ground!", 1943; "Fascist headquarters. The Red Army Amendment", 1943; "For Germans, terrible things are "bags" and "ticks"", 1943; "The fascist vulture found out that we don't have a lamb", 1944, etc.). A poster depicting a worker, from under whose hammer shells are flying, crashing into a swastika, was attached to machines on factories. In 1943-1945, the theme of a premonition of victory appeared in posters, the stingy color scheme of the works of the beginning of the war changed to multicolored ("Happy holidays on our street", 1943; "A different picture — a view of Moscow and a view of Berlin", 1944, etc.). One of Denis's last works was the poster "The Red Army was swept to the ground by evil spirits" (1945). Encyclopedias and critics of the late 20th and early 21st centuries call Denis one of the founders of the Soviet political poster, who influenced subsequent generations of poster artists. According to the definition of Denis Y. M. Zabrodina, a researcher of Denis's work, his artistic talent is characterized by "inexhaustible fantasy and humor of plot constructions, the sharpness of portraiture and the expressiveness of a graphic image."