Moscow May Song Moscow City USSR

£450.00

Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster published as part of a campaign aimed at promoting the Socialist homeland from Moscow as the centre of the Soviet way of life to the population living in the Soviet Union. Great design featuring a scenic view of the Kremlin surrounded by trees with the golden domes, red stars and red flag rising into a blue sky, with cars, buses and people crossing the Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge over the Moskva / Moscow River in the foreground, and smaller images depicting more views including the Bolshoi Theatre and a sailing boat on the river, the title above in stylised letters against a red background over a decorative border of wheat and oak tree leaves entwined with a red ribbon leading to a music sheet and lyrics of Москва майская "Утро красит нежным светом..." / Moscow May "Morning paints with gentle light..." decorated with trumpets below. The words to Moscow May (1937, 1959) were written by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach and the music was written by the brothers Dmitri and Daniil Pokrassy. Horizontal. Fair condition, tears and creases in top and bottom margins.

Country

Russia

Year

1950

Style

Propaganda Posters

Artist

V. Smirnov

Size (cm)

58x75.5