Featured Poster of the Week
"Look! Learn! Build a new economy! 1st Agricultural Handicraft Manufacturing and Industrial Exhibition of the USSR."
This poster was created for the All-Russian Agricultural and Industrial Crafts Exhibition that opened in August 1923 in Moscow. While the exhibition was planned four years prior, its opening was two years behind schedule. According to the late British journalist David King, "The exhibition was an important propaganda success...".
The Art Nouveau-style illustration on the poster was designed by an unknown artist.
About The Collection
Poster Plakat is a private collection of Soviet and Eastern Bloc political ephemera spanning 1916 to 1991. The collection contains over 1,000 original posters, poster maquettes and political leaflets from windowpane-sized posters up to large, multi-panel broadsides. Numerous artists are represented such as Gustav Klutsis, Victor Deni, Nikolai Dolgorukov, Vladimir Stenberg, the Kukryniksy, Viktor Koretsky, and hundreds more. All posters are linen backed and ready for display.
If you are interested in using images from the Collection or exhibiting posters from it, please visit the Contact Us page for more information. You can also email info@posterplakat.com and include the name of your organization, the name of the contact person and provide your phone number. In addition, please provide a general description of the exhibit you are considering or the poster you would like to use.