Spartakus bei der Arbeit – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Spartakus bei der Arbeit. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Spartakus bei der Arbeit
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Spartakus bei der Arbeit," or "Spartacus at Work," takes its name from the Spartacist League, the radical group led by Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg that tried to seize power in Berlin in January 1919. The poster is a color lithograph from that year, when Germany was still reeling from the lost war and the revolution that followed it. Its subjects in the catalog record, violence, death and anti-communism, reflect how many Germans of the period saw the left-wing uprisings. Posters like this one helped shape public fear of communism in the early Weimar Republic.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 98 x 67 cm. |
| Notes | Title from item. · Rehse Archiv fuumlr Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik former owner. DLC |
| Subjects | World War 1914-1918--Aftermath--Germany. Anti-communism--Germany--1910-1920. Violence--Germany--1910-1920. Death--Germany--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,018 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 196_Spartakus_bei_der_Arbei_1919 |
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