Poster, An Illiterate Man is Like a Blind Man

Poster, Political

Accession Number: 2003.198

Description: Reproduction poster, colorful in bold red, blue, and black; blindfolded man walking off a cliff; beneath illustration, in Russian, is printed "An illiterate man is like a blind man. Failure and misfortune lie in wait for him on all sides." Reverse is blank. Russian caption: Negramotnyi tot-zhe slepoi -- vsiudu ego zhdut neudachi i neschast'ia.

Height: 16.125

Width: 11.375

Date Made: 1920

Maker: Radakov, Aleksei Aleksandrovich, 1877-1942

Place of Origin: U.S.S.R.

Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 2003.198

Subjects: Blind. Literacy. Reading. Soviet Union.

Dimension Notes: overall

Material: Paper

Updated: 06/28/2021