Soviet agitprop poster
This poster was issued in 1966 in Moscow. The caption reads in the lower right-hand corner, "For you, Humanity!" The image shows a cosmonaut un-wrapping the Moon and the wrapping paper has the USSR "hammer and sickle" motif. At the very top of the Moon, is the familiar pentagonal emblem for the Luna 9 soft-landing, which took place in January 1966. This poster shows in a very graphic manner the direct connection to the notion that Soviet cosmonauts would be the chosen ones "unveiling" the wonders of the lunar world to the peoples of the Earth.
CREDIT: Courtesy Rebecca Weiss / Swann Auction Galleries, New York..
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