Koretsky, V.B. Mockup of the poster "Red Army Soldier, Save!" for publication in the newspaper "Pravda" on August 5, 1942. Moscow, August 1942.

Koretsky, V.B. Mockup of the poster "Warrior of the Red Army, Save!" for publication in the newspaper Pravda on August 5, 1942. Moscow, August 1942. Photograph, author's retouching, whitewash. 1 sheet. 29.2 × 20 cm. Strips of adhesive tape on the corners of the photograph. On the reverse of the sheet, a pencil schematic drawing by the artist and editor's notes in ink with the date: "4.8.42". One of the most famous posters of the Great Patriotic War — the poster by Viktor Koretsky "Warrior of the Red Army, Save!" — was first printed in the newspaper Pravda on August 5, 1942. After a very short time, the poster itself was printed in a run of over 10 million copies. At the same time, some changes were made to the poster: the inscription became red, and the blood dripping from the bayonet was also colored red. Viktor Borisovich Koretsky (1909-1998) was a Soviet graphic artist and poster designer; Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1961); Laureate of two Stalin Prizes (1946, 1949). During the Great Patriotic War, he created over 40 posters. Author of the first Soviet postage stamp dedicated to the Great Patriotic War, "Be a Hero!", issued on August 12, 1941. Since 1956, he worked in the association "Agitplakat". The artist's creative method is based on combining live photographs with pencil and gouache drawing. Provenance: originates from the family of theater artist and graphic artist Boris Borisovich Strakhov (1932-2021), to whom the presented mockup was gifted by the author.