PORTRAIT OF MARSHALL KLIMENT VOROSHILOV

Creator(s): Unknown (Artist) , N. I. Strunnikov (After)

Currently in storage

About this object

Portrait, reproduction on paper of a gouache or crayon drawing. Kliment Voroshilov is seen seated, half length, facing front, wearing the uniform of a Marshall of the Soviet Union. The Order of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner are pinned to the front of his uniform. His hands rest on a ceremonial sword of the Order of the Red Banner. The print has been colored with watercolors and placed a black, painted frame with an oval gilt rim around the opening.

Object name:: PORTRAIT OF MARSHALL KLIMENT VOROSHILOV
Made from:: Paper -- watercolor
Made in:: Russia
Date made:: 1936
Size:: 13 × 11 in. (33 × 27.9 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:: 55.29
Class:: PRINT
Signature marks:: INSCRIPTION Gospozhe i misteru Devis Marshal S. Soiuza K. Voroshilov 23/III-1937g. Moscow On front, right side of image. Inscribed in ink by the sitter in Cyrillic Russian script. Translation: "To Mrs. and Mr. Davies. Marshall of the S[oviet] Union K. Voroshilov. 28 March 1937 Moscow"
Credit line:: Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973