Lot 250
Anti-Israeli Poster – Leningrad, 1976
Anti-Israeli poster, created by an artist of the "Fighting Pencil" group (Боевой карандаш, Boevoi Karandash). Leningrad (St. Petersburg): Художник РСФСР (Xudoznik RSFSR), 1976. Russian.
Illustration of an Israeli soldier appears in the center of the poster (on his cap appears a Star of David), holding a fuse of a huge bomb. Above the illustration – an inscription "The concern about the Near East …" (Russian).
"Fighting Pencil" group – group of artists from Leningrad , active since 1939, created satiric posters and illustrations concerning topics related to Russian and international politics. 56X42 cm. Good condition. Slight damages; mounted on cardboard. Tears and stains at margins of cardboard.
