50 85 (RUSSIA). “Chetvertaya Zhena” [“The Fourth Wife.”] Text in Russian. 42 x 31 inches (106.7 x 78.7 cm). Linen-backed. Moscow, circa 1915. $1200-1800 ❧ Poster for a film directed by Joseph N. Ermolieff (1889–1962). Ermolieff was a prominent figure in early Russian cinema. He fled to France following the Russian Revolution and later settled in California where he continued to work in film. 86 (SOVIET UNION). “I Os Shcho” [“And Here it Got Really Ugly.”] Text in Ukrainian. 30 x 23 inches (76.2 x 58.4 cm). Linen-backed (upper portion soiled). c. 1937. $1500-2000 ❧ A gleeful Jewish figure is seen punching through Stalin’s 1936 USSR Constitution, specifically Article 3, which states: “All power in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic belongs to the working people of town and country.” The Constitution itself is depicted with numerous Stars-of-David. 87 (SOVIET UNION). Generalaya Linaya [“New Slogan, New Lies - General Line”]. Text in Ukrainian. 22 x 33 inches (55.9 x 83.8 cm). Linen- backed. c. 1941. $2000-3000 ❧ Rare anti-Communist poster featuring Stalin and Foreign Minister Molotov scandalously attired in Star-of-David bedecked uniforms alongside a large banner bearing promises made by the Soviet government. Stalin proudly points out the words that speak of the dissolution of the Comintern and the sharing of a mutual Fatherland. The other side of the flag, ignored, refers to earlier Communist slogans, such as religion being the opium of the masses and encouraging a global proletariat takeover. It appears that this anti-Stalinist poster emerged following the German invasion of Russia as attempts were made to rally Ukraine to fight on behalf of the Soviet Union, yet often encountering opposition in the form of Ukrainian nationalism. Lot 85 Lot 86 Lot 87 Lot 88