Sunday, April 30, 2023

Mischa Richter on the Silk Trade

The Japanese silk boycott of 1937-1940 was a protest against Japan's invasion of China. In the Marxist periodical New Masses of July 11, 1939, Mischa Richter draws a fashionable Western woman aiding Japan through her continued support of the silk trade. The grotesque caricature of Japan is heavily armed with both traditional and modern weapons, his shoes are spiked, and his cloak is patterned in swastikas, just in case you don't get the message. The Japanese figure has more of a skull than a living head. Contrast his depiction with that of the pretty, coiffured white woman in silk stockings.




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Mischa Richter
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Mischa Richter
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May 8, 2023 Update:  Sold!

Mischa Richter
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