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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!

Poster Number: PP 079
Category: Economy
Poster Notes: Poster conveys a message familiar to the Soviet public on the over-fulfillment of the nation's Five Year Plan.
Media Size: 37x26
Poster Type: Offset
Publishing Date: 1946
Editorial Information: Editor E. Yerinova.
Technical Information on Poster: July 18, 1946. Publication No. 7244. N.7. Volume 1 piece of paper. Price 1 ruble.
Glavlit Directory Number: A-09607.
Catalog Notes: PP 079 Economy b
Artist: Koretskii, Viktor Borisovich (Koretsky, Victor) — Корецкий, Виктор Борисович
Of the photomontage poster artists of the 20th century, Viktor Borisovich Koretskii stands out as one of the most iconic. His prolific career in the Soviet Union began in the 1930s and ended in the 1980s, and his unique artistic style influenced generations of graphic artists. From 1921 to 1929, Viktor Koretskii attended the Moscow Secondary School of Professional Art, and by 1931 he was working as a professional graphic designer. Koretskii perfected his own technique of photomontage ...
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Printer: Printer not indicated —
Publisher: Iskusstvo (Art Publishing House), Moscow-Leningrad — Искусство, Москва-Ленинград
Iskusstvo was the Art Publishing House (A.K.A. Visual Arts Publishing) that was created in 1936 from Ogiz-Izogiz (State Art and Literature Publishing House). It disseminated books and journals dealing with graphic design and the fine arts, and it issued numerous posters. Since the Iskusstvo banner was part of the State Printing Works in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) and Moscow, its two main offices were located in those two cities.
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