Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge

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Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge is a 1919 Soviet propaganda poster by El Lissitzky, celebrated as a landmark of Russian avant-garde design and Constructivist political art.

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Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Constructivist artwork ⓘ
Russian avant-garde artwork ⓘ
propaganda poster ⓘ
work of art ⓘ
associatedWith Revolutionary art ⓘ
Soviet propaganda ⓘ
author El Lissitzky ⓘ
colorPalette black ⓘ
gray ⓘ
red ⓘ
white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR

Soviet Russia ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR
creator El Lissitzky ⓘ
depicts geometric shapes ⓘ
red wedge ⓘ
symbolic representation of the Red Army ⓘ
symbolic representation of the White Army ⓘ
white circle ⓘ
genre political art ⓘ
propaganda art ⓘ
hasInfluenced graphic design ⓘ
political poster design ⓘ
hasPart black text in Russian ⓘ
red triangle-like wedge shape ⓘ
white circular form ⓘ
historicalContext Russian Civil War ⓘ
early Soviet period ⓘ
inception 1919 ⓘ
influencedBy Suprematism ⓘ
abstract geometric art ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Russian ⓘ
mainSubject Bolshevik victory ⓘ
Russian Civil War ⓘ
medium lithograph ⓘ
print ⓘ
movement Constructivism ⓘ
Russian avant-garde ⓘ
notableFor abstract geometric composition ⓘ
iconic Constructivist poster ⓘ
landmark of Russian avant-garde design ⓘ
use of simple shapes for political messaging ⓘ
originalTitle Клином красным бей белых ⓘ
politicalAlignment Bolshevik ⓘ
linked to: Bolshevik faction

pro-Red Army ⓘ
purpose Bolshevik propaganda ⓘ
support for the Red Army ⓘ
timePeriod 1910s ⓘ
20th century ⓘ

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Russian avant-garde → notableWork → Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge ⓘ
El Lissitzky → notableWork → Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge ⓘ