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Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
RUDI FELD (1896-1994) DIE GEFAHR DES BOLSCHEWISMUS. 1919. 36 3/4x27 inches, 93 1/4x68 1/2 cm. Condition B+: restored losses, repaired tears, creases and overpainting in margins and image and along vertical and horizontal folds. "Political life in the [post World War I German] republic was haunted by the fear of communism that posters of the antibolshevik leagues and volunteer corps had helped propagate" (Paret p. 122). "The specter of communism in the form of death is one of the old motifs of anti-socialist propaganda. Since the Russian October Revolution, it often carries "Asian" traits -- in this case, the yellow color of the cranium and the curved dagger between his teeth. Gallows and graves in the background show that socialism equals death" (Politische Plakate p. 50). Rudi Feld became the head of advertising for UFA films in the 1930s and went on to work in Hollywood. Zeman p. 106, Paret 177, Plakat-Kunst p. 86, Modern Poster 71, Politische Plakate p. 50.
