World War I propaganda poster. A Russian peasant

A Sausage Maker Came to Lodz. We Said to Him: Welcome, Sir!... This World War I propaganda poster, by Kazimir Malevich in collaboration with Vladimir Mayakovsky, depicts a Russian peasant and the German Army he is portrayed as having defeated. The oversized peasant on the left panel is greeting the German emperor, who moves towards him with his army of cheerful soldiers, confident of victory. On the right side, the peasant walks away after having crushed the enemy. With his army destroyed, the emperor is dismayed. The verse below the images reads: A sausage maker came to Lodz. We said to him, Welcome, sir! Then from Radom, which is next to Lodz, he left with a bruised bottom. The poster refers to the 1914 Battle of Lódź (present-day Poland)

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