Saturday, May 19, 2018

Mischa Richter: The Ugly Aristocracy

The New Masses was ever eager to deflate the pretensions of aristocracy. On the other hand, the Marxist publication was presumably silent on the killings and other abuses committed by Joseph Stalin. A cartoon from 1938 by Mischa Richter follows the Marxist's magazine's predilection for criticizing all things czarist while throwing in a rebuff of Franco for good measure. The artist quietly asserts his left-wing credentials by unobtrusively appending his union membership to the signature.


"Ex-Prince Mikhail of Russia, meet Duke Alonzo of Spain if Franco wins."
Mischa Richter

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New Masses, [1938], page 22

"Ex-Prince Mikhail of Russia, meet Duke Alonzo of Spain if Franco wins."
Mischa Richter

New Masses, [1938], page 22
Mischa Richter
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Note:  In which 1938 issue of New Masses did this drawing appear? Can you provide us with a little research, Comrade?

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