Simeon Timoshenko. Field Marshal of the U.S.S.R.
Date: 1942
Medium: Lithograph, printed as a poster
Dimensions (cm.): 42.0 x 36.3 (image, without text); 57.7 x 44.0 (sheet)
Horizontal format with text: Mariscal S. Timoshenko sus triunfos son los nuestros
Vertical format with text: Simeon Timoshenko. Field Marshal of the Red Army of the U.S.S.R. (this entry)
Vertical format with text: Simeon Timoshenko. Mariscal de Campo del Ejército Rojo de la U.R.S.S.
Alternate titles: Unknown
Published edition: This poster. Number of impressions unknown. A small number of impressions were pulled by hand at the TGP.
Contemporary publication:
This poster. See published edition, above.
Ilya Ehrenburg, Muerte al invasor. Crónicas de guerra 1941-1943 (Mexico City: Ediciones La Lucha de la Juventud"), p. 314.
Principal references: Academia de Artes 1809 (likely this variant); Prignitz 50c
Cataloging note: Méndez made three different lithograph portraits of Timoshenko. Variants 1 and 2 use the same image, varying only in the text and dimensions. The image in variant 3 differs in subtle ways, most noticeably in the treatment of the collar and shoulders. The image in variant 4 differs more substantially, notably showing shadows on the opposite side of the face.
Nota de catalogación: Méndez realizó tres retratos litográficos diferentes de Timoshenko. Las variantes 1 y 2 utilizan la misma imagen, variando solo en el texto y las dimensiones. La imagen de la variante 3 difiere en detalles sutiles, sobre todo en el tratamiento del cuello y los hombros. La imagen de la variante 4 difiere de manera más sustancial, mostrando notablemente sombras en el lado opuesto del rostro.
Catalogue record number: 289