Márton Tuszkay Sold at Auction Prices

Gyöz A Proletarallam!!! 1919.

ARTIST: MÁRTON TUSZKAY (1884-1940) SIZE: 49 1/4 x 36 3/4 in./125 x 93.3 cm PRINTER: Rado, Budapest DESCRIPTION: The chaotic Communist rule of Hungary – from the Soviet Republic’s ascendance on March 21, 1919, until the Romanian occupation of Budapest on August 4, 1919 – is frequently referred to as the Republic of Councils. During this period, a cell of designers calling themselves the Nyolcak (Group of Eight) created the most authentic and artistically valuable posters of this revolutionary agitative era. Tuszkay was a member of this group of posterists who, along with activists and other artists, put the Soviet "isms” to the service of political propaganda. The text reads: "THE PROLETARIAT IS WINNING!!! The Hungarian proletariat stands rock solid by the Russian-Soviet Republic. We are strong, because the advancing senses of the tormented people are on our side. Our collective production will solidify the future’s anarchy-free economy. The rewards of Communist productivity: PROSPERITY, CULTURE, EQUALITY. We will prove that productivity doesn’t require oppression, tyranny, profit, greed and hazardous imperialism. WORKERS! BROTHERS! PROLETARIANS! Hold out in the struggle against class oppression. We will build a happy worker’s society. Victory is certain, but the price is struggle. FIGHT FOR IT!!!” A truly rare historical document! (Russian Avant-Garde; Text)