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Posterteam one sheet
vintage Soviet travel poster for Batumi, a city on the Black Sea coast in Georgia (then the Georgian SSR, part of the USSR). It was designed around 1935-1936 by the Soviet painter and graphic designer Maria Nesterova-Berzina (1897-1965).
Poster Details
Artist: Maria Nesterova-Berzina
Publisher: Intourist, the official state tourism company of the USSR
Circa: 1935-1936
Description: The artwork uses an Art Deco style to depict a woman, likely an agricultural worker, in a red dress and a straw hat carrying a large basket of oranges on her shoulder. In the background, there is a view of the city of Batumi on the coast, a tourist bus driving past palm trees, and a ship in the bay. The image was designed to attract foreign tourists, showcasing Batumi's subtropical charm and agricultural bounty.
Historical Context: Batumi was the capital of the Adjarian ASSR. The poster is considered a piece of Soviet propaganda that aimed to present a positive and thriving image of the Soviet Union to a Western audience during the interwar period |
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