The Anti-Religious Alphabet
The letter А from The Anti-Religious Alphabet
1932
14 7/8 x 10 5/8 in. (37.8 x 27 cm)
Mikhail Mikhailovich Cheremnykh
Russia
(Tomsk, Russia, 1890 - 1962, Moscow, USSR)
Full Title:The letter А from The Anti-Religious Alphabet
Object Type:
Print
Medium and Support:
Color lithograph
Credit Line:
Marion Stratton Gould Fund
Accession Number:
2001.20.1
Location: Not currently on view
Portfolio:
The Anti-Religious Alphabet
From a portfolio of 27 prints.
This young and cheerful boy, dressed in a Soviet military costume and carrying a school blackboard, plays the protagonist of The Anti-Religious Alphabet. Although he only appears in five of the posters, he serves as both role model for and link between readers and the Soviet anti-religious campaign.