Petrograd Education Department 1917-1920

£750.00

Original vintage poster for an exhibition organised by the Petrograd Education Department: 1917-1920 Vystavka Petrogradskogo Otdela Narodnogo Obrazovaniya (ONO / Commissariat for Enlightenment), during the period of the Russian Civil War. Great artwork by Sergei Ivanov (1885-1942) featuring a man reading a book that features a hammer and sickle on the back cover, standing with one hand in his pocket, with text down the side in a stylised font. Fair condition, large water stain on top right corner, light soiling, folds, faint creases.

Country

Russia

Year

1920

Style

Propaganda Posters

Artist

Ivanov

Size (cm)

70.5x56