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Constructivism Beyond the Cinema · The Public Good
How Many Millions Are Hungry, ROSTA Window by Vladimir Mayakovsky
Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930) · ROSTA window (satire window of the Russian Telegraph Agency), 1921
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 ROSTA window by Vladimir Mayakovsky on the number of the hungry. This copy is reproduced in Vyacheslav Polonsky's book Russian Revolutionary Poster, Moscow, 1925.
Why it matters
ROSTA windows were posters made by the Russian Telegraph Agency between 1919 and 1921 and hung in empty shop windows, so the news could be read in the street. Mayakovsky wrote and drew many of them.
What to notice
The ROSTA windows were made in panels, read in order like a strip.
The news, drawn and posted where people walked.
Provenance
- School
- Soviet Constructivism (USSR)
- Designer
- Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930)
- Format
- Political poster
- Poster published
- ROSTA window (satire window of the Russian Telegraph Agency), 1921
- Source
- Polonsky, Russian Revolutionary Poster (Moscow, 1925) · Commons file, source Polonsky 1925
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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