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2-26-2018

 


Not much is to be known of this Soviet propaganda poster. I tried to look for some information online but could not find any. I found this at an estate sale. It was published by Aurora Art Publishers. 

This image is very simple as it has three colors in it, red, white and black. It has three words that are very dominate and one man standing with a flag as he is gesturing in a specific direction.

Since I have to guess, I would guess this was made in the early 1930's. It defiantly has an early modern feel to it. 

The man's body is not very well defined except his head has a little more definition to it. 

There is not real detail to this image. 

These are somethings I noticed about Soviet propaganda:
  • it is very male oriented 
  • they use hands a lot
  • the hand gestures are usually firmly guiding the viewer in a very specific direction.
  • there is a lot of use of flags

One strange thing I found about this poster is that usually Soviet propaganda is usually more cluttered and does leave very much white space. This poster really caught my eye because of that. 

I will continue to look for more information about this poster and will post it if I can find it. 

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