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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
The Posters That Went to War · Revolution and Civil War
International
Aleksandr Apsit (1880-1943) · Soviet poster for the Third International, 1919, 1919
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A poster Aleksandr Apsit made in 1919, from the Russian State Library.
Why it matters
The sheet is an allegory of the Third International, the Communist International founded in Moscow in 1919. Apsit had drawn the first Red Army posters.
What to notice
A single word for a title, International, and an allegory to carry it.
One word, written for the whole world.
Provenance
- School
- The Great War Poster (United States and the world)
- Designer
- Aleksandr Apsit (1880-1943)
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- Soviet poster for the Third International, 1919, 1919
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-02. Commons licence re-read 2026-11-02: Public domain (PD-Layout, PD-Russia, PD-Russia/en).
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