SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTER. Comprising an almost comical propaganda poster promoting fitness. Upper left text reading, "Propaganda poster #1233 From the Union of Artists USSR," and text on panels from top to bottom reading, with a poem by Mikhail Yacovlevich Pustynin (1884-1966), "Don't disturb my sweet dreams - I'm against the morning exercises." "I don't see any gain from exercising. Maybe I should skip class as well." "I'm not interested in the competitive spirit, I despise all kinds of sports..." "If he were to be hardened by sport, then he wouldn't be so weak and tired." Artist N. Ten, 1965. Poster measuring 46 x 28 inches (116.8 x 71.1cm), overall including attractive exhibition frame glazed with plexiglass, 48.5 x 30.5 inches (123.2 x 77.5cm).

Provenance:
The Gary Hollingsworth lifetime collection

Exhibited:
Darker Shades of Red: Soviet Propaganda Art from the Cold War. St. Mary's College Museum of Art, Moraga, California, February-March 2018; Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton, Massachusetts, June-August 2014; Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens, Winter Park, Florida, September 2011-January 2012; Chung Chan Art Gallery at St. John's University, Queens, New York, September-November 2006; Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, September-November 2004; Springfield Art Association, Springfield, Illinois, February-April 2003; Thompson Gallery at San José State University, San Jose, California, October-November 2001; Plains Art Museum, Fargo, North Dakota, February-April 2001; Durham Western Heritage Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, February-April 1999; Gallery at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, August-September 1998.

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