USSR Dance Festival Moscow - Leningrad Original Russia Advertising Poster
- 1936
- Nikolay Zhukov
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27 x 39 inches ~ (68 x 99 cm)$3,800
- Linen backed
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself.
The price of this poster includes linen backing.
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Great art deco design and illustration of a dancer mid-jump gracefully twirling a long cloth ribbon above his head.
In the mid-1930s, the Russian State Travel Agency, Intourist, decided to reach out and attract foreign tourists by organizing major cultural events. These included an annual Festival of the Arts, a Theatre Festival and a Dance Festival. To promote these events, the Russian authorities commissioned posters designed in an international Art Deco style, drastically different from the prevailing social realism that Stalin imposed on domestic advertising and propaganda.
"Zhukov was one of the chief artists working at the All-Union Chamber of Commerce in the 1930s when he produced a prominent series of posters entitled 'See USSR.' His many other works for Intourist depicted the people of the Soviet Union, its capitals and provinces" (Intourist p. 109). He also designed several prominent posters for performing arts events such as this dance festival (Intourist pl. 13).
