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VLADIMIR VASIL'EVICH LEBEDEV (1891-1967) [WHAT BRINGETH FORTH THE MORROW?] TASS WINDOW NO. 606. 1942. 61 1/4x33 1/2 inches, 155 1/2x85 cm. Condition B+ / B: tears along sharp vertical and horizontal folds and at edges; creases and abrasions in margins and image; text banners affixed to top and bottom. Four-sheets attached. Paper. A Tass Window referring to "Operation Torch," and the Anglo-American expeditionary attack in North Africa "to expel the Axis powers from the region. The operation directly impacted the future of Mussolini, permanently thwarting his imperialist ambitions . . . [here] an apelike Mussolini, fleeing on all fours, moves over the scorched and burning Italian peninsula from south to north. Across the Mediterranean looms the coast of North Africa, above which appear, like locusts, ominous squadrons of fighter planes . . . the layering of colors in a variety of ways . . . demonstrate Lebedev's ability to achieve an overall painterly unity that belies the actual execution with stencils" (Windows on the War pps. 227-8). The title comes from Pushkin's Eugene Onegin. Windows on the War p. 227.
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