(25.21) Price: 25.00 euro Size: 90x65cm./35.4×25.5inch. Year: 1970’s/1980’s
Poster from Poland cold war era. In the middle huge red: ”1 maja″ (1 May) on the a sky background. The poster is signed on the bottom left corner „Janusz Stanny” and „KAW”. Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza (KAW) – Polish publishing house in Warsaw operating in the years 1974 –2004. The poster was made in the cold war era probably somewhere in the 1970/1980. May 1st. is worldwide Labour Day. Labour Day (or International Worker’s Day) is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement, socialists and anarchists. Labour day was established in 1890 as an international protest day for demanding a 8 hour working day, labour rights and for keeping the peace.
Rare and lovely poster dated 1955 by István Czeglédi, from the Socialist Realist period. The posters of Czegledi are very sought after and goes for hundreds of euro’s. This poster has been touched by time, so it has a rasonable price. This poster is rare because of the Arabic language version. The poster displays the flags of the participating nations which are arranged in a flower, on top there is a colorful crowd of three young people from different countries in outfits typical of their culture. The advertisment was designed by Hungarian I.Czegledi but was printed in Germany (DDR) in various languages. This one is in arabic language inviting for the: „World festival of Youth and Students for peace and friendship Warsaw 14 July-14 August 1955.”. The slogan “for Peace and Friendship” was very typical for socialist campaigns. During the Cold War period, the socialist countries called themselves “the defenders of peace” whereas they considered the West to be the agressive world which supports war thus making the contrast between the ‘good’ (East) and the ‘evil’ (West) even bigger. The 5th World Festival of Youth and Students was held in Warsaw from July 31 to August 15 1955. The festival was to prove the superiority of socialism over capitalism. Thousands of young guests from all over the world came to Warsaw, including capitalist and Third World countries. For them it was an opportunity to get to know life behind the “Iron Curtain”, for Varsovians an opportunity to meet people from countries inaccessible to the citizens of People’s Poland. Istvan Czegledi (1913-1995) designed his first known printed posters with Janos Sebes in the 1930’s, they worked together during this time. Czegledi worked during the late 1940’s and adopted the social realist style in the 1950’s. Most of his designs of this period show the strong influence of Soviet poster art. He worked together with Tibor Bánhegyi on many poster designs. Most of his posters were made for state propaganda.In the 1960’s Czeglédi’s style changed again, and he started to create modern compositions. He designed a lot of travel safety posters, often using the techniques (photomontage) the colours (red, black and white), and typical compositional tools of the classic Avant-garde.
Price: 25.00 euro Size: 31.5×21.5cm./12.4×8.4inch.
Poster from Poland cold war era, around 1950/1960. The poster got some rips and the bottom left corner is missing. On the top of the poster is text: „May 1” and a flowers on the bottom. The poster is signed on the down-left corner „…TOWSKA” and on opposite site is a text: „Warszawa DSP”. House of the Polish Word (DSP) was founded in 1950 and was the largest printing plant in the Polish People’s Republic located at ul. Miedziana 11 in Warsaw. May 1st. is worldwide Labour Day. Labour Day (or International Worker’s Day) is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement, socialists and anarchists. Labour day was established in 1890 as an international protest day for demanding a 8 hour working day, labour rights and for keeping the peace.
(45.20) Price: 45.00 euro Size: 31.5×21.5cm./12.4×8.4inch.
Poster Poland from the cold war era somewhere in the 1950’s. On the top of the poster is a globe covered with flags from around the world, and a text on the bottom: ”May 1″. Poster is signed on the down-left corner „Perkowska” and on the opposite side the text:”Warszawa DSP”. House of the Polish Word (DSP) was founded in 1950 and was the largest printing plant in the Polish People’s Republic located at ul. Miedziana 11 in Warsaw. May 1st. is the worldwide Labour Day. Labour Day (or International Worker’s Day) is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement, socialists and anarchists. Labour day was established in 1890 as an international protest day for demanding a 8 hour working day, labour rights and for keeping the peace.
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