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Preview image of work. lithograph on paper, Red Moscow is the Heart of the World Revolution 33041

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Red Moscow is the Heart of the World Revolution

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Artists

Alexander Mikhailovich Rodchenko (1891 - 1956); Vkhutemas (Higher State Artistic and Technical Workshops) ; Alexander Mikhailovich Rodchenko and Vkhutemas (Higher State Artistic and Technical Workshops)

Title

Red Moscow is the Heart of the World Revolution

Creation Date

1920

Century

early 20th century

Dimensions

36 x 29 in. (91.44 x 73.66 cm)

Object Type

Creation Place

Asia, Russia

Medium and Support

lithograph on paper

Credit Line

Generously lent by Svetlana and Eric Silverman ’85, P’19

Copyright

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Employing multiple fonts, fragmented, interpenetrating planes of color, and a dynamic composition, this Cubist-Futurist poster announces the Third International (Comintern) in two languages. The Kremlin—the twelfth century “fortress inside a city” that Lenin had elected as his residence—is silhouetted against the rising sun. The Spasskaya Tower, on which the Kremlin star was installed in 1935, the Oruzheynaya (Armory) Tower, and the Kremlin Senate represent different aspects of Soviet power. The large red star dominates the center. It is superimposed with the hammer and sickle, symbol of the worker-peasant union, as well as international proletarian unity. With this poster Rodchenko codified Soviet iconography.