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Constructivism Beyond the Cinema · Books, Goods, and the Argument
Demand Mosselprom Confectionery, Advertising Poster, 1928
Unidentified (no signature or monogram) · Mosselprom advertising poster, 1928
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 1928 chromolithograph poster, 70 by 50 cm, printed in Moscow: demand confectionery from the Mosselprom state factories.
Why it matters
Under the New Economic Policy state trusts competed for buyers, and Mosselprom advertised its goods to them by poster.
What to notice
The verb is an order, demand, addressed to the shopper.
Socialist sweets, sold with a capitalist verb.
Provenance
- School
- Soviet Constructivism (USSR)
- Designer
- Unidentified (no signature or monogram)
- Format
- Advertising poster
- Poster published
- Mosselprom advertising poster, 1928
- Source
- Russian State Library · RSL (Commons file)
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 2026-11-01.
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