2 SOVIET COLD WAR PROPAGANDA POSTERS. Comprising 2 amusing Soviet propaganda posters decrying alcoholism. The first vertical poster, titled Hidden Type of Disease, depicting a man asleep on a table with an ashtray in front of his face and a bottle of vodka with a "Certificate of Disablement," caption reading, "As we can see, the drunk man is not ashamed that he is hurting the work process. His fever seems to not go away, and all the time the fever keeps at 40 degrees." Artist Zavjalov, 1980. The second horizontal poster, "Hide the Bottle, It Is Not Appropriate - My Son Is Coming", depicting two men smoking and drinking on a bench while an intoxicated young man with long hair and hippie attire is carried off by two well-dressed young men, one with a red armband of the Order Patrol, caption by Shumilin bottom right reading, "The example is contagious in the family, and so the son drinks just as his father." Artist Trabin, 1979. Each poster measures approximately 22.5 x 16.75 inches (57.2 x 42.5cm), overall including attractive exhibition frame glazed with plexiglass, 19.25 x 25 inches (48.9 x 63.5cm).

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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