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The Posters That Went to War · Revolution and Civil War
Obmanutym Brat'yam
Aleksandr Apsit (1880-1943) · Soviet poster to a text by Demyan Bedny, 1918, 1918
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A poster Aleksandr Apsit made in 1918 to a text by the poet Demyan Bedny, 103 by 68 cm, from the Sammlung Eybl, now at the Plakatmuseum Wien.
Why it matters
To the Deceived Brothers was an appeal to the soldiers of the other side. Apsit had made posters for tsarist Russia and joined the revolution in 1917.
What to notice
Apsit's own version of Hercules battling the Hydra, painted for Bedny's verse on carrying the revolution on.
One hero, and a monster with many heads.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Aleksandr Apsit (1880-1943)
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Soviet poster to a text by Demyan Bedny, 1918, 1918
- Source
- Sammlung Eybl, Plakatmuseum Wien (via Wikimedia Commons)
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Commons licence re-read 2026-11-02: Public domain (PD-Layout, PD-US-expired-text, PD-old-70-expired).
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