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A work made of color lithograph on paper.

War 5 1/2% Loan

1914/17

Yankovsky Russian, 20th century

Russia

Much like the image Saint George (Bringer of Victories) from the series War: Mystical Images of War by Natalia Goncharova, this war-bond poster transforms the immediately recognizable figure of Saint George into a modern icon of warfare, wedding a mystical religious past with the deadly industrial present. The poster implores: “Our valiant army, sacrificing blood for the motherland fulfills its sacred duty. Let us fulfill ours—subscribe for the loan.”

Color lithograph on paper

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