Soviet Russia
Russia, ca. late 1980s
Four Soviet State-Sponsored "No War" Propaganda Posters, Cold War 1980s
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A group of four anti-American posters from the Cold War period of hostilities between the United States and the USSR. All measuring 13" x 17", published in Leningrad by Artists of the RSFSR, ca. late 1980s. The posters are from the "Fighting Pencil" group (a.k.a, "Combat Pencil") as part of a portfolio titled "No War." Features art by Osipov, Baev, Dubago, and Nelyubin. The prints have light toning and minor varying degrees of edgewear. Bright colors. Overall very fine. Please refer to the photographs for more details on condition.

1. An illustration of a looming banker with vampiric teeth shaped like missiles. Captioned: "I Do Not See The Way to Disarmament."
2. An illustration of Uncle Sam riding a globe shaped like a tank. Captioned: ?NEOGLOBALIST/This is how he sees the world in his delusional dreams. WILL NOT WORK!"
3. An illustration of a U.S. general leaning against a cage built out of missiles, with a dove trapped within. Captioned: "The world seen only by businessmen in uniforms under the cover of missiles?IS THERE NO OTHER WAY?"
4. An illustration of a gold US Dollar sign churning out coins which become bullets for two gunmen. Captioned: "Renegades of all stripes were united by the Dollar's murderous force."

Looking to de-Stalinize and reform the nation, the USSR turned to a Leningrad-based group of poets and cartoonists known as the "Fighting Pencil". What started as a group of artists drawing sketches to boost morale during the Siege of Leningrad quickly became one of the most effective propaganda arms of the Russian government. From the 1950s until the fall of the Berlin Wall, these artists produced hundreds of government-sponsored, colorful, funny, and sometimes scathing images paired with satirical poems which railed against the abuses taking place under the Soviet state. The posters specifically targeted bureaucratic abuses and inefficiencies in offices, farms, construction sites, and other state-run enterprises. Numerous times throughout the history of the organization, the "Fighting Pencil" was disbanded due to its commentary against the Communist Party.

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13" x 17"