A Sausage Maker Came to Lodz. We Said to Him: "Welcome, Sir!...". by Malevich, Kazimir Severinovich, 1878-1935 Artist.

Malevich, Kazimir Severinovich, 1878-1935 Artist.

1914-01-01

photo, print, drawing

Library of Congress

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 by Mayakovsky 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." T