The artist's name on the poster is not indicated. By assigning Artist Unknown to a poster it also could mean the artist used a chop mark whereby no signature is seen thus rendering the artist's identity anonymous.

The MSNKh (Moscow Council of National Economy) 16th State Publishing Typography Workshop was the A.A. Levenson Partnership before it was nationalized by the Soviets. Located in Moscow at 9 Trekhprudnyi Lane at the intersection of Mamonovskii Lane, Levenson's printing firm dates to 1887 when Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Levenson developed a plant with a speed press. His operation expanded to 450 workers by 1913 and at one point, his firm operated six of Moscow's eighteen high-speed presses. During World War I, Levinson's operation was subjugated under the Zemgorom (Chief Army Supply Committee of the All-Russian Union of Cities and Towns) for use during the war. During the Russian Revolution in 1917, the printing firm was nationalized. It was initially named the 2nd State Typography Lithography Workshop and then it was transferred (around 1920) to the MSNKh as the 16th State Printing Workshop. It placed under Mospechat’, a state-owned printing trust and at a later date, it was placed under the Mospoligraf Trust.

The MSNKh (Moscow Council of National Economy) published information utilizing the 16th State Publishing Typography Workshop. Historically, the 16th State Publishing Typography was the A.A. Levenson Partnership before it was nationalized by the Soviets. Levenson's Partnership dates to 1887 in Moscow when Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Levenson developed a printing plant with a speed press. His operations expanded to 450 workers by 1913. During World War I, the printer was subjugated under the Zemgorom (Chief Army Supply Committee of the All-Russian Union of Cities and Towns) for use during the war. With onset of the Russian Revolution in 1917, Levenson's printing firm was nationalized and transferred (around 1920) to the MSNKh and re-named the 16th State Printing Workshop.