The Last Flight
Artist
Georgii Stenberg
Russia, 1900 - 1933
Printer
Vladimir Stenberg
Russia, 1899 - 1982
Printer
Sovkino, Moscow
Date1929
MediumStone Lithograph
Dimensions55 x 43 in. (139.7 x 109.2 cm)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit LinePoster House Permanent Collection
Object numberPH.5749
DescriptionThe Stenberg Brothers are two of the most famous Constructivist poster designers. They are responsible for creating the visual language of the era, pushing posters to a new level of creativity and excitement. In Soviet Russia, artists were rarely able to see a film before designing its poster, thereby relying entirely on a plot description, film stills, or, sometimes, just a title when conceiving a design. To replicate photographic imagery, the Stenbergs frequently projected film stills onto the paper and traced the figures into the composition, creating a proto-photomontage technique. In the 1930s, Stalin would ban entertainment posters in this style in favor of Socialist Realism. On View
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