Die Gefahr des Bolschewismus – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Step back in time with Die Gefahr des Bolschewismus, a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Die Gefahr des Bolschewismus
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Its German title, *Die Gefahr des Bolschewismus* ("The Danger of Bolshevism"), and its catalog subjects point to a skeletal, death-themed image aimed at fear rather than argument. Printed in 1919, it belongs to a year of turmoil in Germany, when the defeat of 1918 had brought revolution, the Spartacist uprising in Berlin, and the hard birth of the Weimar Republic. Many on the political right and center saw the Bolshevik revolution in Russia as a model that could spread westward, and posters like this one gave that anxiety a vivid, frightening form. The record does not name the artist, so the image is best read as a sign of how deeply postwar Germany was divided.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 94 x 69 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. Death--Germany--1910-1920. Skeletons--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 4,004 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 192_Die_Gefahr_des_Bolschew_1919 |
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