Photomontage N.1 The History of the communist party in posters 1926

Step into the powerful visual world of early Soviet propaganda with this original photomontage poster designed by the pioneering Constructivist artist Alexandre Rodtchenko. Part of the striking series "The History of the Communist Party in Posters", these works were published by the Communist Academy Publishing House and the Museum of the Revolution of the USSR during the 1920s.

Rodtchenko’s masterful use of photomontage, infographics, bold typographic structures, and red/black contrast helped revolutionize political communication in the Soviet Union. These posters merge documentary photography, statistical data, and heroic portraiture to convey a dynamic narrative of revolutionary struggle, workers' movements, and class consciousness.

Each panel in the series is numbered and chronicles a key event or period in the rise of Soviet power, making them both valuable historical documents and significant design artifacts.

These posters are rare survivors of a short but intense period of avant-garde visual culture in Soviet Central Asia. They reflect not only the bold graphic language of Constructivism, but also the social engineering goals of the USSR through visual means.

Original Poster

Political - Military - Russia

In 1926 Rodchenko produced a series of twenty five photomontage posters entitled "The History of the all Russian Communist Party [VKP(b)] in Posters." They were commissioned by the Museum of the Revolution and were printed in many different Soviet languages to be distributed across the country. Each poster covers a separate historically notable moment within the Party's existence. The posters were comprised of news photos, graphs, newspaper clippings and other documents geometrically composed against a red and black background. All of the posters are numbered in the upper left hand corner. This being number one, it addresses the roots of the Communist Party, presenting "Northern and southern workers' unions of the 1870s, predecessors of the workers' party." This poster is printed in Azeri and was issued in only 300 copies.

Good condition, creases, small tears