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Half sheet original vintage
Soviet Intourist travel advertising poster, titled "Hunting in Crimea Yalta". The poster features a stylized white deer leaping over a map of the Crimean peninsula with a colorful arrow pointing down at the holiday resort city of Yalta.
Key Information
Agency: The poster was produced for Intourist (????????), the official state travel agency responsible for all foreign tourism within the Soviet Union, formed in 1929.
Purpose: It was designed to promote the Crimean Peninsula, specifically the Yalta region, as an exotic and modern destination for international tourists, often during the 1950s or 1960s.
Artist/Date: The specific artist is often listed as unknown, though some sources attribute the design to Sergei Sakharov. It is typically dated to around the 1950s or 1960s.
Style: The artwork uses bold graphics and a modernist aesthetic, common in Soviet-era graphic design aimed at a Western audience. |
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