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Constructivism Beyond the Cinema · The Public Good
The Hunger Spider Strangles the Peasantry of Russia, Poster by D. Moor, 1922
D. Moor (Dmitry Orlov, 1883-1946) · Soviet famine-relief poster, 1922
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 1922 chromolithograph by D. Moor, 93 by 63 cm, printed in Moscow. Its title: the hunger spider strangles Russia's peasantry; the churches' gold must go to save the starving from death.
Why it matters
Moor drew the famine as an animal so the argument could be pictured in one figure.
What to notice
The spider carries the first half of the sentence, and the church gold the second.
A famine poster that names a creditor.
Provenance
- School
- Soviet Constructivism (USSR)
- Designer
- D. Moor (Dmitry Orlov, 1883-1946)
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Soviet famine-relief poster, 1922
- Source
- Russian State Library · RSL 01009492773
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 2026-11-01.
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