Soviet School Grammar Maths Poster Nobility Power Communism

£750.00

Original rare early Soviet education poster issued as an amendment to teach grammar and mathematics at schools based on exploitation - у бар была сила / The Landowners Had Power ... Our Pasture Is Our Strength - featuring a list of similar words and describing how the nobility used to have all the power and land, which they lost to the workers and peasants, featuring the stylised text above and below a colourful image depicting a countryside scene with a horse drawn carriage in front of a manor house and a wealthy family walking towards the doorman in a suit, the well dressed children in sailor style outfits holding their toys and a book as they approach the entrance steps, a crowd of farmers and poor people in ragged clothing gathered nearby and farmers leading horse carts full of hay on the paths and working on the fields leading to the horizon. Very good condition, restored fold and losses in margins, backed on linen.

Country

Russia

Year

1924

Style

Propaganda Posters

Artist

M. Evstafyev

Size (cm)

94x62