Space Flight Gagarin Cosmonaut Fairy Tale USSR

£2,450.00

Original vintage Soviet propaganda poster - The Fairy Tale Came True 12 April 1961 - featuring dynamic artwork against a black space background of Yuri Gagarin (Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; 1934-1968), the Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who was the first man in space on 12 April 1961, holding a spark in front of a blue star and a white rocket with the text in red 1961 CCCP / USSR and a red star on it, the rest of the bold stylised lettering on the side and below. Horizontal. Good condition, repaired tears, browning, backed on linen.

Country

Russia

Year

1961

Style

Propaganda Posters

Artist

B. Staris

Size (cm)

60x89