The Great Comforter

Accession Number
2013/2.219

Title
The Great Comforter

Artist(s)
Vladimir Pavlovich Kaplunovsky

Object Creation Date
1933

Medium & Support
lithograph on buff wove paper, laid down on canvas

Dimensions
38 x 27 x 2 1/2 in. (96.52 x 68.58 x 6.35 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of James T. Van Loo

Physical Description
Overall purple, yellow, black, red and white. Image of "O.Henry" poster, large man's head in purple, woman''s silhouette in red. She is holding a large revolver.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
color print

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
film stills
posters
theaters (buildings)

2 Related Resources

Constructivism and Associated Works
(Part of 2 Learning Collections)
Soviet Constructivist Film Posters
(Part of: Solomon - FTVM 272 - Classical Film Theory (Soviet Constructivism and Mexican Muralist Movement via Eisenstein))

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