Object Details
- Co-Designer
- Alberto Beltrán, Mexican, b. 1923
- Adolfo Mexiac
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Poster to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. Black and white illustration of Soviet soldier in charcoal, realistic manner holding a large Soviet flag in his left hand and shaking hands with crowd of people surrounding him with his right. Two man standing in front of him and three others to his right. Large Soviet flag serves as backdrop while forming triangular composition. Blue illustrations symbolizing industry and prosperity such as electrical power plant, grand monuments, and satelite at top left. Blue illustration of flying bird in profile at top right. Imprinted in red, bottom left: "40" and in blue, across bottom: "ANIVERSARIO DE LA REVOLUCION SOCIALISTA/ Homencije de dos Mexicanos"
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of Lucy Work Hewitt
- 1957
- Accession Number
- 1996-7-1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- graphic design
- Object Name
- Poster
- Type
- Poster
- Medium
- Screenprint on paper
- Dimensions
- 70.5 x 47.6 cm (27 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. )
- Place
- Mexico
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1996-7-1
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b5d5ce65-bf1a-4c96-9983-2c0ae11b41c9
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