Browse Items (54 total)
Your application is being looked into, Travin, V.
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
Bribe, Travin, V.
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
Cantata in honor of inflated staff, Semenov, B. - First photo; Belomlinsky, M. - Second photo
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
The Paper "STREAM", Kunnap, V.
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
The Guide!, Rabinovich, Y. - First photo; Tsvetkov, A. - Second photo
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
Detailed Agenda, Travin, V.
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
SOS, Rozantsev, V.
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
The Labyrinth, None
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…”
…
Tags: Art, Authoritarian, Bad Management, Cartoons, Satire, Soviet Union
I remember pretty well: I introduced some innovative somewhere here…, Vasiliev
Vasiliev, I remember pretty well: I introduced some innovative somewhere here…, Rutgers, 1951
For the Soviet Union, the roots of technological stagnation were in the monopoly of the state on the means of production that obliterated the…
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Innovation, Satire, Stagnation, Technology
Dreaming, Mazrukho, M.
Mazrukho, M., Dreaming, Rutgers, 1967
"He is dreaming of shifting all of his duties to an electronic brain.
But even the electronic brain cannot substitute for your personal one.
Signs…
Tags: Art, Bad Management, Cartoons, Dreaming, Electronic Brain, Satire
Orders, Travin, V.
Travin, V., Orders, Rutgers, Continuum, 1981
"Poet: Yefimovski, Y.
He gave orders, many a task,
“Work harder!”—he was bellowing.
But he never left his desk
To check if team was…
Tags: Art, Authoritarian, Authoritarianism, Autocracy, Cartoons, Satire, Soviet Union
We've got pluralism!, Uborevich-Borovsky, V.
Uborevich-Borovsky, V., We've got pluralism!, Rutgers, 1991
As Mikhail Gorbachev attempted to restructure the nation, the problems of unclear jurisdiction appeared in such areas as urban traffic control.
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Jurisdiction, Satire, Urban, Urban Traffic
The schedule of repairs, Kunnap, V.
Kunnap, V., The schedule of repairs, Rutgers, 1961
"“The reconstruction and renovation of residential housing is progressing well in the majority of Leningrad districts. However, in some city areas…
Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Construction, Housing, Leningrad, Repairs, Satire
Write…That we breed sturgeons, Trunev, Y.
Trunev, Y., Write…That we breed sturgeons, Rutgers, 1967
"Poet: Smirnovsky, S.
A bureaucrat can always manage in such a way.
And sturgeon is not the problem here...
This man can breed everything and…
Tags: Art, Breaucracy, Cartoons, Corruption, Pollution, Satire
The "most promising" employee, Rabinovich, Y.
Rabinovich, Y., The "most promising" employee, Rutgers, 1964
"Poet: Tumarinson, G.
This boss is generous with promises—
He may make hundreds of promises...
But all his claims are simple proofs
Of his…
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Corruption, Empty Promises, Posters, Satire
The case of pipe supply being a pipe dream, Kunnap, V.
Kunnap, V., The case of pipe supply being a pipe dream, Rutgers, 1975
"Poet: Smirnovsky, S. The Fighting pencil” group, 1979
Memos, notices alone
Never get things done but stall.
And the pipeline, as we…
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Inefficiency, Pipeline, Satire, The Fighting Pencil
Well? Has the commission left?, Semenov, B.
Semenov, B., Well? Has the commission left?, Rutgers, 1964
"“The Fighting Pencil” group, 1964
“A cement plant is situated two miles away from the town of Sukhoi
Log, Sverdlovsk region. The area around it…
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Cement, Cement Plant, Pollution, Satire, The Fighting Pencil
Good luck!, Cherepanov, Y. - First photo; Kunnap, V. - Second photo
Cherepanov, Y. - First photo; Kunnap, V. - Second photo, Good luck!, Rutgers, Continuum, Free Press, 1965 - first photo; 1967 - second photo
"Poet: Shkliarinsky, A. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1967
Young chickens better quit the squeak,
stop calling for attention:
New boss, the Fox, has…
Tags: Art, Nomenklatura, Party, Satire, Soviet Union, The Fighting Pencil
Plant director!, Semenov, B.
Semenov, B., Plant director!, Rutgers, 1974
"Poet: Shumilin, V. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1974
He took a nap, showed no reaction
To the pollution by his plant
And only then he sprang to…
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Corruption, Director, Plant, Pollution, Satire, The Fighting Pencil
Pigsty, Travin, V.
Travin, V., Pigsty, Rutgers, None
"Poet: Yefimovsky, Y. “The Fighting Pencil” group
—Move the cattle operation,
Build a hog pen in this site!
New boss, new consideration.
—He is…
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Change, Decision-Making, Satire, The Fighting Pencil
Nothing you can do, Kunnap, V.
Kunnap, V., Nothing you can do, Rutgers, 1968
"Poet: Tumarinson, G. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1968
“Accurate and impartial consideration of complaints from the working popula6on should be an…
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Grievances, Protest, Satire, Soviet Union, The Fighting Pencil
I've made a note of your criticism, Zavyalov, V.
Zavyalov, V., I've made a note of your criticism, Rutgers, 1973
"Poet: Lezunov, B. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1973
He is a wily politician
For no one has to ask permission
To give him negative…
Tags: Art, Authoritarianism, Cartoon, Criticism, Fighting Pencil, Satire
I need those who fit this measure…, Cherepanov, Y.
Cherepanov, Y., I need those who fit this measure…, Rutgers, 1965
"The real interest of the party-state-managerial nomenklatura was “in maintaining at any cost their privileged position in society because it allowed…
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Corruption, Loyalty, Nomenklatura, Obedience, Satire, Soviet Union
The "gted" manager, Kunnap, V.
Kunnap, V., The "gted" manager, Rutgers, 1968
"Poet: Alekseyev, V. ""The Fighting Pencil” group, 1968
Sycophants and bootlickers
Are untiring as such,
And sometimes
Being praised by them too…
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Corruption, Satire, The Fighting Pencil
Why are you luring my people away from me, Travin, V.
Travin, V., Why are you luring my people away from me, Rutgers, 1973
"Poet: Shkliarinsky, V. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1973
The people choose to work in those places
That have well-organized and clean…
Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Fighting Pencil, Labor Safety, Safety, Satire, Soviet Union
"Let's make him a front-rank worker.", Belomlinsky, M.
Belomlinsky, M., "Let's make him a front-rank worker.", Rutgers, 1972
"Poet: Lezunov, B. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1972
They give everything to the hero
But ignore the working team:
Here they set records
Only…
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Fighting Pencil, Heroes of Socialist Labor, Satire, Socialism, Soviet Union
The house with ghosts, Kunnap, V.
Kunnap, V., The house with ghosts, Rutgers, 1972
"Poet: Shumilin, V. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1972
He is just a genius for a shady business deal:
Fake names on the payroll he shows as…
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Corruption, Dead Souls, Fighting Pencil, Posters, Satire
...But the booze was in the mouth..., Sychev, I.
Sychev, I., ...But the booze was in the mouth..., Rutgers, 1984
The vain crow, a forest ranger, has been outwitted by the fox. This time he gives the crow a bottle of vodka and makes off with the trees that she is…
Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Corruption, Crow, Environment, Satire, Vodka
Look at the big picture, Travin, V.
Travin, V., Look at the big picture, Rutgers, 1969
Poet: Smirnovski, S. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1969
The picture reads: “Our building after the renovation.”
Superintendent has a heart of…
Tags: Art, Fighting Pencil, Irony, Renovation, Satire
Once upon a time there lived an old man and his wife…, Semenov, B.
Semenov, B., Once upon a time there lived an old man and his wife…, Rutgers, 1974
Poet: Smirnovski, S. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1974
1. There once lived an elderly couple
Who peacefully ate their porridge with milk.
When…
Tags: Abuse, Art, Commentary, Domestic Violence, Fighting Pencil
Palmer Mural, Ariel Rios Federal Building, Washington DC, William C. Palmer
William C. Palmer, Palmer Mural, Ariel Rios Federal Building, Washington DC, Library of Congress, 1937
Mail Coach Attacked by Bandits William C. Palmer painted two 7′ x 13’6″ murals for the Ariel Rios Federal Building. “Covered Wagon Attacked by…
Tags: Ariel Rios Federal Building, Art, Palmer Mural, Washington D.C., William C. Palmer
The Fountain of Taxation, 1909, Created / Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, Puck Building
Created / Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, Puck Building, The Fountain of Taxation, 1909, Library of Congress, 23-Jun-09
This illustration shows a large fountain with four basins, at top, supported by a crown and scepters, is a basin labeled "Millionaire", next resting…
Tags: Art, Basins, Classes, Fountain, Illustration, Taxation, Taxes
The Tea-tax-tempest, or the Anglo-American Revolution, 1778, Guttenberg, Carl, 1743-1790, engraver
Guttenberg, Carl, 1743-1790, engraver, The Tea-tax-tempest, or the Anglo-American Revolution, 1778, Library of Congress, 1778
A satire expressing a Continental European view of the American Revolution, showing Father Time using a magic lantern to project the image of a teapot…
Tags: American Revolution, Art, British, Europe, Satire, Teapot, UK