Space Exploration Soviet Land Rocket USSR

£1,950.00

Original vintage Soviet space propaganda poster - Comrades! Soviet land henceforth became the shore of the universe! / Товарищи! Советская земля Отныне стала берегом Вселенной! - featuring a dynamic design featuring a young man smiling at the viewer and holding up a green return travel ticket from the USSR and the Cosmos with a space rocket flying over the Moscow Kremlin clock tower on one side and planets in a dark blue starry sky on the other side in the background, the slogan in bold red lettering below. The pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; 1934-1968) became the first man in space on 12 April 1961. Good condition, restored folds, light stains, restored paper losses in margins, backed on linen.

Country

Russia

Year

1961

Style

Propaganda Posters

Artist

V. Volikov

Size (cm)

84.5x58.5