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Long Live the Proud Falcons of our Motherland, Stalin’s charges, brave Soviet pilots, who do not know any barrier in the course of meeting an established goal! [Partial translation]
Poster Number: PP 540
Category: Military
Poster Notes: The BOK-11 plane (named "Motherland") flew nonstop Moscow to Komsomolsk-on-Amur, a city in Khabarovsk Krai in the Russian Far East. The flight was nearly 4,000 miles (6,400 km) longer than Charles Lindbergh's nonstop trip from New York to Paris.
Media Size: 41x30.5
Poster Type: Lithograph and Offset
Publishing Date: 1938
Editorial Information: Editor N. Vladimirskii; Technical Editor N. Gusev
Technical Information on Poster: Iskusstvo No. 9795; Submitted for production and [approved for] printing October 17, 1938; Page format 72 x 104-1 sheet of paper; Order No. 85; Price 70 kopeks
Print Run: 20,000
Glavlit Directory Number: B-55052
Catalog Notes: PP 540 Military b
Artist: Deni (Denisov), Viktor Nikolaevich — Дени (Денисов), Виктор Николаевич
Although known for his characterizations and posters that he signed with the pseudonym 'Deni'; Viktor Nikolayevich Denisov never received formal artistic education. Around 1906, Deni began exhibiting at the annual exhibitions of the Society of Independents in Saint Petersburg, as well as at the Salon of Humorists. In 1910, he took private lessons in painting and drawing from the artist-portraitist Nikolai P. Ulianov and that same year, he became active in the field of political caricature, contributing ...
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Artist: Dolgorukov, Nikolai Andreevich — Долгоруков, Николай Андреевич
In 1928, Nikolai Andreevich Dolgorukov moved from his native Ekaterinburg to Moscow to attend VKhUTEIN (Higher State Artistic and Technical Institute). After that organization dissolved in 1930, Dolgorukov continued his studies at the Moscow Polygraphic Institute under the tutelage of artists Lev Bruni and Dimitri Moor. Dolgorukov's training was in illustrated political satire as well as in poster design, and each area became the main focus of his long career. After graduation, he collaborated with fellow poster ...
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Printer: Iskusstvo (Art Publishing House) Lithography Workshop, Moscow — Литография Издательство Искусство, Москва
Iskusstvo publishing was formed in 1936 from Ogiz-Izogiz (State Art and Literature Publishing House). The entity also had its own lithography workshops. In Moscow, the publisher had printing operations located at 2 Sadovo-Kudrinskaia Street, 9 Dmitrov Lane, and at 2 Tsvetkovskii Passage.
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Publisher: Iskusstvo (Art Publishing House), Moscow — Искусство, Москва
Iskusstvo was the Art Publishing House (A.K.A. Visual Arts Publishing) that was created in 1936 from Ogiz-Izogiz (State Art and Literature Publishing House). It disseminated books and journals dealing with graphic design and the fine arts, and it issued numerous posters. Since the Iskusstvo banner was part of the State Printing Works in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) and Moscow, its two main offices were located in those two cities.
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