Kukryniksy Russian caricature poster collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
George Mason University
2400 Fenwick Library
Special Collections Research Center
Fenwick Library MS2FL
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA 22030
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Mieko Palazzo
Phone: (703) 993-2220
Fax: (703) 993-2669
Restrictions:

There are no access restrictions.

Terms of access:

The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)

Preferred citation:

Kukryniksy Russian caricature poster collection, C0286, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
2 Linear Feet 1 box
Creator:
Kukryniksy
Abstract:
12 posters featuring the work of Kukryniksy, a group of Soviet Union cartoonists.
Language:
Russian
Preferred citation:

Kukryniksy Russian caricature poster collection, C0286, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

12 posters featuring the work of Kukryniksy, a group of Soviet Union cartoonists. The posters are in a cover that is dated 1977, but undated individual posters were probably created in the early 1970s and prior to that. The subject matter is largely related to the Cold War. All of the words in the posters are in Cyrillic script.

Biographical / historical:

The Kukryniksy was the name taken on by Soviet Union artists Porfirii Nikitich Krylov (1902–1990), Mikhail Vasil'evich Kupriianov (1903–1991), and Nikolai Aleksandrovich Sokolov (1903–2000) during their long career of collaboration.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Thomas Hill in 2009.
Processing information:

Processing completed by Jordan Patty in 2016. EAD markup completed by Jordan Patty in 2016. Finding aid updated by Amanda Menjivar in November 2024.

Arrangement:

This is a single folder collection.

Physical location:
OS R 2, C 1, S 2. Housed with C0285.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Political posters
Cold War
Art
Propaganda
Places:
Soviet Union