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Print
Sack the Saints-Sow the Seeds
Mikhail Mikhailovich Cheremnykh, (Tomsk, Russia, 1890 - 1962, Moscow, USSR)
Cheremnykh, Mikhail Mikhailovich
Russia
1890 - 1962
Male
14 7/8 x 10 5/8 in. (37.8 x 27 cm)
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sheet/ image
Printer's ink
Printer's ink
1932
1932
1932
1900-2000, 20th century, lithographs, politics in art
Print
From a portfolio of 27 prints.
Russian peasants frequently planted their crops based on a belief in superstitions and the power of divine forces rather than scientific methods. This image juxtaposes the old way of farming with the new and technologically advanced. On the left, two saints identified by their halos as Nicholas and Elijah are watering wilted crops and swinging a censer used in church rituals. On the right, a full field of healthy wheat serves as a backdrop to a book with the words "Agrotechnology" and "Fertilizers." The drawing is of a Machine Tractor Station (MTC).
2001.20.18
item
Memorial Art Gallery
7/9/2003
2001.20.18DI1
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00/00/00
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2001.20.18DI#2
digital image
7/14/2008
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