Tractor Girl
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Tractor Girl

Date Made: c. 1951
Country: Hungary

Measurements: 150 cm x 80 cm; 59 1/16 in x 31 1/2 in

Driving a tractor, this young woman with a red beret is depicted in the typical manner of the late Stalin period (1948-1953) as a confident worker, gazing into the bright socialist future. The emancipation of female workers was an important topic in Communist visual culture. Behind the machine electricity poles can be seen, exemplifying productivity and modernization.

Accession Number: 2011.203.017

Item Name: Painting
Collection/Series: Painting Collection


		

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