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BORIS EFIMOV (1899-2008)
WHAT IS AN "ARYAN"? / HE IS HANDSOME AS GOEBBELS. 1941.
28x20 inches, 71x50 3/4 cm. Russian War Relief Inc. Condition A-: minor creases and scuffing in image; slight staining in bottom left corner. Silkscreen Paper.
Originally, these were images for the TASS Window 22, which depicted Hitler, Goering and Goebbels. They "were lampooned . . . for possessing none of the physical attributes that the Nazis assigned to the ideal Aryan. The contrast between text and image pointedly and wittily demonstrates the disjuncture between Nazi ideology and reality . . . particularly striking here is the degree to which Efimov's caricature of Goebbels resembles Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse" (Windows on the War p. 169). Windows on the War p. 117, 121 and 169 (all var), Rhodes p. 227.
