Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies

Americans in the Land of Lenin: Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia
750 photographs of every-day life in the Soviet Union (1919-1921 and 1930).

Russian Posters Collection, 1919-1989 and undated
75 Soviet posters, documenting almost 60 years of Communist political advertising (1920s-1980s).

The Nasher Museum holds a sizable collection of Russian art (547 items), which includes icons, Soviet posters, and late-Soviet era works by the avant-garde, state-recognized artists, non-conformist artists, and émigré artists. 

• Paintings -- constitute a third of the collection.  Although there are half a dozen paintings from the early part of the twentieth century, by far the largest component of the collection is by second-generation non-conformist artists and Sots artists from the Brezhnev era into the post-Soviet period, including such well-known names as Eli Beliutin, Ilya Kabakov, Komar & Melamid,  Ernst Naizvestnyi, and Mikhail Chemiakin.
• Works on paper -- constitute over one-half of the collection.  Includes works by El Lissitzky, and over 40 Soviet propaganda posters, primarily from the late 1920s-early 1930s (although there are some earlier and later ones as well). 
• Sculptures -- 65 pieces