Red Army Nurse, an offset print circa 1940s-50s after a painting by Vera Orlova.
The image measures approx. 8 ½" x 8". Total size with the backing frame is 13 ¾" x 10 ½". Printed on thin but fine quality semi-gloss paper and affixed by a thin line of glue along the top edge to a thin cardboard backing inside a printed frame. The title of the painting and name of the artist are printed under the color plate on the right. The artist's handwritten signature and year are in the lower right-hand corner of the image.
The painting depicts a scene in a convalescent ward where a young nurse is reading aloud to a group of wounded soldiers. She is reading from The Pra
The image measures approx. 8 ½" x 8". Total size with the backing frame is 13 ¾" x 10 ½". Printed on thin but fine quality semi-gloss paper and affixed by a thin line of glue along the top edge to a thin cardboard backing inside a printed frame. The title of the painting and name of the artist are printed under the color plate on the right. The artist's handwritten signature and year are in the lower right-hand corner of the image.
The painting depicts a scene in a convalescent ward where a young nurse is reading aloud to a group of wounded soldiers. She is reading from The Pravda newspaper, the main news organ of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. "Pravda" means "truth" in Russian and was a finely honed weapon of indoctrination and propaganda that kept the minds of millions of Soviet citizens squeaky clean of independent thought for decades.
The color plate is in outstanding, excellent condition. No damage of any kind to the image whatsoever. The backing cardboard is in excellent condition as well, showing just minuscule corner bumps.
Vera Orlova (Вера Александровна Орлова, 1904-1993) was a talented Soviet painter and master of graphic arts, who has left a rich legacy of landscapes but, mostly, portraits capturing her models' personalities, traits of character and fleeting moods.
Please note that the pen in our photo is for size reference.
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