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Have You Volunteered? — Dmitry Moor, 1920
Dmitry Moor · Soviet Civil War recruitment poster, 1920
What it is
Moor’s Civil War recruitment poster — a Red Army soldier pointing directly at the viewer, the question printed beneath him in bold red type.
Why it matters
One of the most direct pieces of Soviet graphic design of the Civil War period, and — unlike some of this wing’s other candidates — cleanly hosted on Commons with no outstanding Russian-copyright caveat (Moor died in 1946).
What to notice
The pointing hand is the entire composition’s vanishing point — every line in the poster leads to it.
A question aimed at whoever is standing in front of it.
Provenance
- School
- Soviet Constructivism (USSR)
- Designer
- Dmitry Moor
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Soviet Civil War recruitment poster, 1920
- Source
- 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 2026-07-17.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
