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Poster relating to the Soviet front

1941
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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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Poster relating to the Soviet front
  • Artist: Pablo Esteban O'Higgins (American, Salt Lake City, Utah 1904–1983 Mexico City)
  • Publisher: Taller de Gráfica Popular, Mexico City
  • Date: 1941
  • Medium: Lithograph in black and orange on buff paper backed with linen
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 18 1/2 × 26 3/8 in. (47 × 67 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
  • Object Number: 46.46.510
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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