Poster relating to the Soviet front

Pablo Esteban O'Higgins American
Publisher Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City Mexican

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 692

A young Soviet man and two women prepare to enter combat in this print by O’Higgins, an American member of the TGP. The text announces that the first line of defense—the Soviet Front (more commonly referred to as the Eastern Front)—must be held. In late June 1941, the military coalition led by Nazi forces began their advance on the Soviet Union. Eighty percent of all combat in World War II took place on the Soviet Front, resulting in roughly thirty million deaths.



Tres jóvenes soviéticos —un hombre y dos mujeres— se preparan para entablar combate en esta estampa de O’Higgins, un miembro estadounidense del TGP. El texto anuncia que la primera línea de defensa —el frente soviético, más conocido como «frente oriental»— debe sostenerse. A finales de junio de 1941, la coalición militar liderada por las fuerzas nazis inició su avance en la Unión Soviética. El ochenta por ciento de todos los combates de la Segunda Guerra Mundial tuvieron lugar en el frente soviético y causaron aproximadamente treinta millones de muertes.

Poster relating to the Soviet front, Pablo Esteban O'Higgins (American, Salt Lake City, Utah 1904–1983 Mexico City), Lithograph in black and orange on buff paper backed with linen

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