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1930	Work on this object began.
1992	We acquired this object.
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Poster, International Women Workers Day

This is a Poster. We acquired it in 1992. Its medium is lithograph on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

In the Russian language, the words “red” and “beautiful” share an etymological root. This photomontage propaganda poster promoting a political rally highlights the importance of red to Soviet identity. It features women at work in the textile industry wearing the red headscarves associated with socialist pioneers.

A black and white photo of Stalin is collaged with photos of male and female workers in two rows, against a red background. Quotes from Stalin's "Six Conditions" speech (June 1931) are printed across the top in white Cyrillic letters at a slight angle.

Poster, The Reality of Our Program...Six Conditions for Victory, 1931
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Merrill C. Berman in honor of Ellen Lupton.
2014-20-5

Woman standing, with legs spread, holding on top of her head a board with stacks of ceramic dishes; she wears white cap and dress; stands on rectangular base.

Porcelain Factory Worker Figure, 1929
porcelain (bisque), enamel.
The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase....
1989-41-161

Cup with shallow bowl on raised foot, loop handle. Painted in interior of bowl with woman dressed in peasant costume, spinning with distaff; stylized border upper edge, thin gilded bands top and bottom edge of outside. Saucer round, slightly raised towards edges; painted with matching stylized border around center, two thin gilded bands bordering.

Woman Spinning Cup And Saucer, ca. 1930
porcelain, enamel, gilding.
The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase....
1989-41-78-a,b

Our curators have highlighted 8 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

Circular, with shaped edge; in the center a kneeling man in Turkik costume holding a red banner inscribed, in Arabic, "Workers of the World Unite," beside him a rising sun and hammer and sickle; around the border the inscription, in Arabic, "In commemoration of the Third International Congress," intersperced with pictorial medallions showing a factory, a worker breaking chains, a woman lifting veil, a conference of men, a farmer and factory worker shaking hands.

Workers of the World Unite Plate, 1921
enameled and gilt porcelain.
The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase....
1989-41-18

Text of the play announcement imprinted in black and red lettering (with black underlining) of different sizes is arranged in horizontal lines in upper segment and three columns running below, superimposed on overall grid-like grey pattern. Imprinted across top edge of poster in black: MOSCOW STATE CHAMBER THEATER; below in smaller font: TVERSKOY BOULEVARD, 23; below center, in black: S.TRADWELL or TREDWELL; underneath between two black parallel lines in large red typeface: MACHINALE; below center, in small font: TRANSLATED BY S.BERTENSON. Imprinted in black, in wide central column: ACT 1 OFFICE; ACT 2 HOME; ACT 3 HONEYMOON; ACT 4 MOTHERHOOD; ACT 5 SOBRIETY; ACT 6 LOVE; ACT 7 FAMILY HEARTH; ACT 8 LAW; ACT 9 MACHINE (with red underlining). Imprinted below: COMPOSITION AND DIRECTION OF THE PLAY BY/ALEXANDR TAIROV (in red)/PREMIERE/22,23,24,27,28,30/MAY/1933/BEGINS AT 7:30 PM/TICKETS ARE SOLD AT THE THEATER BOX OFFICE,/CENTRAL THEATER BOX OFFICE, TRB,/AND INFORMATION BOOTHS. Imprinted in black in left narrow column: STARRING ALISSA KOONEN. Imprinted below in smaller font is the list of participating actors and actresses. Imprinted in black in right narrow column is the list of the staff members involved in the production of the play.

Poster, Machinal/Kamerny Theater, 1933
lithograph and letterpress on thin cream newsprint, laid down on linen-lined....
Museum purchase through gift of Lucy Work Hewitt.
1992-167-1

Circular; with red star and the inscription, in Russian, "The reign of workers and peasants will be without end" around gilt overglaze rim border; in the center a white partial orb, a hammer and sickle, and the inscription, in Russian, "Commune."

The Reign of Workers and Peasants Will Be Without End Plate, 1920
enameled, gilt, glazed and molded porcelain.
The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase....
1989-41-14

Cite this object as

Poster, International Women Workers Day; Russia; lithograph on paper; 1992-164-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Making Design.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DwTa/
Accession Number 1992-164-1
Object ID 18639527