Modernist Poster Gagarin Cosmonautics Day Soviet Space. Orig...

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£120

Modernist Poster Gagarin Cosmonautics Day Soviet Space. Original vintage Soviet space propaganda poster - 12 April Cosmonautics Day - featuring a colourful design depicting Yuri Gagarin (Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; 1934-1968), the Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who was the first man in space on 12 April 1961, in a helmet looking up at the black background with stylised yellow, red and white stars and lines shooting across from the right and the yellow and white lettering running vertically on the left side. Cosmonautics Day has been celebrated annually in the Soviet Union and Russia since 1962 and internationally since 2011 as the International Day of Human Space Flight. Good condition, restored tears, backed on linen. Country of issue: Russia, designer: L. Nepomnyashiy, size (cm): 97x68, year of printing: 1989.