Browse Items (50 total)
- Collection: Russian Cartoons & Posters: From Red Tape to Red Square (G-1)
Travin, V., Your application is being looked into
Travin, V., Your application is being looked into, Rutgers, 1976
"Poet: Shkliarinsky, A. ""The Fighting Pencil” group, 1976
The promise is given only as a blind.
They will have to come back not once, not…
Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Corruption, Fighting Pencil, Waste
Travin, V., Bribe
Travin, V., Bribe, Rutgers, 1969
"“The Fighting Pencil” group, 1969
—A bribe?!.. Never!..
—A present? Quite another matter…
The cartoon “unmasked” those officials that took…
Tags: Art, Bribery, Cartoons, Corruption, Fighting Pencil, Satire
The Straus Historical Society, Oscar S. Straus: Minister to Constantinople
The Straus Historical Society, Oscar S. Straus: Minister to Constantinople, The Straus Historical Society, Circa 1887
Oscar S. Straus (1850-1926) served as Minister to Constantinople from 1887-1889 at the pleasure of President Grover Cleveland. In 1898 President…
Tags: Constantinople, Oscar S. Straus, Ottoman Empire, Straus Family, Turkey
The Straus Historical Society, Roger Williams Straus (1891-1957)
The Straus Historical Society, Roger Williams Straus (1891-1957), The Straus Historical Society, Circa 1950s
Roger Williams Straus (1891-1957) was involved in charitable endeavors like his parents, Oscar S. and Sarah Lavanburg Straus, and his in-laws, Daniel…
Tags: Anti-Racism, Antisemitism, Charity, Model Homes, Religion, Roger Williams Straus, Straus Family
Semenov, B. - First photo; Belomlinsky, M. - Second photo, Cantata in honor of inflated staff
Semenov, B. - First photo; Belomlinsky, M. - Second photo, Cantata in honor of inflated staff, Rutgers, 1959
"First photo: Poets: Tolmachev, D., and M. Romanov “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1959
They play their abaci like some virtuoso,
With pay raises,…
Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Expenses, Inflated Staff, Redundant Staff, Satire, The Fighting Pencil
Kunnap, V., The Paper "STREAM"
Kunnap, V., The Paper "STREAM", Rutgers, 1960
"Poet: Suslov, V. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1960
Look! This is the method of a conveyer belt,
But it seems to resemble more of a red…
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Economy, Khrushchev, Ministerial, Satire, Sovnarkhoz, The Fighting Pencil
Rabinovich, Y. - First photo; Tsvetkov, A. - Second photo, The Guide!
Rabinovich, Y. - First photo; Tsvetkov, A. - Second photo, The Guide!, Rutgers, Chatham House, & Harcourt Brace, 1969 - first photo; 1965 - second photo
First photo: In this cartoon we see a Mertonian bureaucratic personality emerge as a result of overemphasizing the importance of rules in sustaining…
Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Organizations, Rules, Satire, The Fighting Pencil
Travin, V., Detailed Agenda
Travin, V., Detailed Agenda, Rutgers & Continuum, 1971
"Poet: Kapralova, V. (The poem is omitted)
“The Fighting Pencil” group, 1971
Text on the scroll (from bottom up):
“To:
27. Further raise the…
Tags: Art, Brezhnev, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Satire, Soviet Union, Stagnation
Rozantsev, V., SOS
Rozantsev, V., SOS, Rutgers, 1970s
This cartoon is the brilliant takes on how emergency situations are handled by bureaucratic organizations. Here, the only responses of the bureaucrat…
Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Emergency, Satire, SOS, Trained Incapacity
None, The Labyrinth
None, The Labyrinth, Rutgers & Harvard, None
"Written on the papers: “Order, Instruction, Decree, Explanation to Paragraph No. 141, Supplement to Instruction No. 638, Item 45 of Order No. 651…”
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Tags: Art, Authoritarian, Bad Management, Cartoons, Satire, Soviet Union