An original Soviet propaganda poster, printed in 1975. The artwork is by Joseph Efimovsky an associate of the ‘Fighting Pencil’, a group of Leningrad artists, responsible for producing many propaganda posters in the USSR during the Cold War.
“Joseph Efimovsky initially studied art at the N.Samokish Art College in Simferopol, Crimea. In 1955 he enrolled in the Moscow Institute of Polygraphy, graduating in 1960. After 1956 he began designing books and posters for various publishing houses, and was also an artistic director of the Lenizdat publishing house, and starting in 1963 contributed drawings to Boevoi karandash (The Militant Pencil). He is also known for his portraits.
Efimovsky was awarded a silver medal and a diploma as well as a commemorative medal by the international jury for the series of satirical drawings and for his role in the third international exhibition, held in Moscow in 1977, “Satire in the Struggle for Peace.” He was a member of the Union of Soviet Artists and the Union of Journalists of the USSR.”
This poster was part of a large portfolio of propaganda posters designed by a variety of ‘fighting pencil’ artists and poets/writers. We have the original portfolio cover but there isn’t a complete collection of posters, so we’re selling them individually.
Some wear to the edges and small aging spots on the paper. There is also a number penned in the bottom corner.
Measures 56cm x 42cm.
An original Soviet propaganda poster, printed in 1975. The artwork is by Joseph Efimovsky an associate of the ‘Fighting Pencil’, a group of Leningrad artists, responsible for producing many propaganda posters in the USSR during the Cold War.
“Joseph Efimovsky initially studied art at the N.Samokish Art College in Simferopol, Crimea. In 1955 he enrolled in the Moscow Institute of Polygraphy, graduating in 1960. After 1956 he began designing books and posters for various publishing houses, and was also an artistic director of the Lenizdat publishing house, and starting in 1963 contributed drawings to Boevoi karandash (The Militant Pencil). He is also known for his portraits.
Efimovsky was awarded a silver medal and a diploma as well as a commemorative medal by the international jury for the series of satirical drawings and for his role in the third international exhibition, held in Moscow in 1977, “Satire in the Struggle for Peace.” He was a member of the Union of Soviet Artists and the Union of Journalists of the USSR.”
This poster was part of a large portfolio of propaganda posters designed by a variety of ‘fighting pencil’ artists and poets/writers. We have the original portfolio cover but there isn’t a complete collection of posters, so we’re selling them individually.
Some wear to the edges and small aging spots on the paper. There is also a number penned in the bottom corner.
Measures 56cm x 42cm.