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Maker: Kolosov, Andrei E.

With the Red Wedge, Beat the Whites

Date Made: 1990
Country: Soviet Union

Measurements: 93 cm x 63 cm x 3 cm; 36 5/8 in x 24 13/16 in x 1 3/16 in; 90 cm x 60 cm; 35 7/16 in x 23 5/8 in

Description

This work conflates Andrea Mantegna’s Lamentation of Christ from c. 1480 in the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan, and El Lissitzky’s 1919 propaganda poster Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge, a reference to the Red (Communist) and White (Tsarist) armies in the civil war following the October Revolution of 1917. On this poster design, the red wedge penetrates the chest of the reclining Christ, suggesting that Communism destroyed religion.

Accession Number: 2009.053.203

Item Name: Painting
Credit Line: The Ferris Russian Collection, Donated by Tom and Jeri Ferris
Collection/Series: The Ferris Russian Collection, Donated by Tom and Jeri Ferris
Exhibition History

• Artist Collaborations in the Soviet Union and the GDR
• Crumbling Empire

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