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Poster Number: PP 1194
Media Size: 44x32
Poster Type: Lithograph and Offset
Publishing Date: 1930
Technical Information on Poster: Publication No. 38907; Order No. 782; R. 30 No. 70; Price 30 kopeks
Glavlit Directory Number: A-61886
Catalog Notes: PP 1194 Communist Culture c
Artist: Deni (Denisov), Viktor Nikolaevich — Дени (Денисов), Виктор Николаевич
Although known for his characterizations and posters that he signed with the pseudonym 'Deni'; Viktor Nikolayevich Denisov never received formal artistic education. Around 1906, Deni began exhibiting at the annual exhibitions of the Society of Independents in Saint Petersburg, as well as at the Salon of Humorists. In 1910, he took private lessons in painting and drawing from the artist-portraitist Nikolai P. Ulianov and that same year, he became active in the field of political caricature, contributing ...
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Printer: 1st Exemplary Gosizdat Typolithography Workshop, Moscow — 1-я Образцовая типография Госиздата, Москва
The 1st Exemplary Gosizdat Typolithography Workshop was located in Moscow at 28 Valovaia Street. Historically, the workshop began as the Sharapov-Sytin Partnerhip in the era prior to the Russian Revolution. Ivan Dmitrievich Sytin (1851-1934) was the son of a peasant. He opened a small print shop in Moscow using a single press and by the start of the 20th century his printing business (at Valovaia and Piatnitskaia streets) was the largest private printing company in tsarist ...
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Publisher: State Publishing House, Moscow-Leningrad — Государственное издательство, Москва-Ленинград
For backstory, please see the entries for State Publishing House, Moscow and State Publishing House.
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