Poster Plakat
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"Complete and exceed the new five-year plan! Metal is the first basis of our industry! Let’s make the effort to produce 19.5 million tons of iron in 1950!".
This poster was designed by Viktor Koretskii (1908-1998), one of the foremost Soviet poster artists of the photomontage technique. Koretskii's photomontage work (an art form established in the early 1930s) typically featured young and handsome models that were youthful in aspect and yet muscularly mature in their physique.
During World War II, Koretskii designed posters for the war effort and he worked for government organizations such as TASS (Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union). He also designed the first Soviet postage stamp dedicated to WWII. Koretskii was a founding designer of AgitPlakat (1956), and he was twice awarded the Stalin Prize for his art. In 1964, he was bestowed the title of Honored Worker of Art of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
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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 and poster maquettes. Sizes range from windowpane 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.