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LENTULOV, Aristarkh Vasilevich (1882-1943). Slad

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Moscow: "Segodnyashbii Lubok," [ca. 1914]. Lithograph in colors (375 x 555 mm). Condition: some restoration to verso of upper right corner, occasional small repairs to edges. With the outbreak of World War I, several Russian avant-garde artists united to form the "Segodnyashnii Lubok" or "Today's Lubok" movement. The most important contributors to these broadsides (lubki) and postcards were Vladimir Mayakovsky, Kazimir Malevich and Lentulov. They updated the distinctly Russian folk art of the lubok for contemporary political purposes through satirical comment on the war. Lvov or Lviv is a major city in western Ukraine and was a strategic target during World War I when it was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Russian army captured the city in September 1914, but the Austrians retook it the following June. After the war it became part of the Second Polish Republic.

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