Untitled from Kartinki-Voina russkikh s nemtsami (Russia's War with the Germans in Pictures)
c. 1914
A hand-colored lithograph cartoon from a 1914 Russian print series that mocks a pompous German officer through exaggerated costume and comic detail.
It reads like a small stage: a squat, heavily outlined figure in a green coat and powdered wig strides beneath a drawn curtain past a toylike automobile, while glittering gold highlights and a patterned floor give the scene a theatrical, satirical sparkle.
Part of wartime popular print culture, this kind of lithograph used bold caricature and inexpensive reproduction to circulate political satire and shape public opinion during World War I.
Medium
Lithograph with watercolor and gouache additions and lithographed manuscript text
Dimensions
composition: 8 15/16 × 7 13/16" (22.7 × 19.9 cm); sheet: 12 9/16 × 9 7/16" (31.9 × 24 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of The Judith Rothschild Foundation
Accession
204.2001.57
Palette
Exhibitions
