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Italian painting, 1937
Text: NA. Year: 1937. Artist: Basilio Cascella. Additional information: Painting shows Mussolini shirtless while skiing on Monte Terminillo. Basilio Cascella, an Italian artist, along with his son Michele, produced a number of Mussolini-themed public artworks in the 1930s. These included grand mosaics for Milan and Messina train stations, an agricultural series showing Mussolini at work…
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Thanks for loafing, pal! (American poster, 1942)
Text: Thanks for loafing, pal! Year: 1942. Publisher: Walter Kidde & Company. Artist: NA. Additional information: Poster shows Hitler awarding an Iron Cross to an idling worker. The poster was one of a number issued by Walter Kidde & Company, a major manufacturer during the war.
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The rich rule the country freely (Soviet poster, 1971)
Text: The rich rule the country freely / They shoot anyone who interferes / They shoot accurately, they shoot perfectly / This is their absolute freedom. Year: 1971. Publisher: Agitplakat Artist: Boris Georgievich Rezanov. Additional information: Poster shows an assassin perched on the Statue of Liberty with a gallery of his victims behind, featuring Lincoln,…