A stylized poster-like artwork showing a woman and child with raised arms, set against a pale background with a rainbow in the upper left and blue Cyrillic text at the top.

Original 1976 Ukrainian Soviet Peace Poster – “May There Always Be Sunshine!” – Artist H. Shevtsov – 60 × 90 cm / 23.6 × 35.4 in

€168,00
€168,00
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A stylized poster-like artwork showing a woman and child with raised arms, set against a pale background with a rainbow in the upper left and blue Cyrillic text at the top.
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  • Original 1976 Ukrainian Soviet Peace Poster – “May There Always Be Sunshine!” – Artist H. Shevtsov – 60 × 90 cm / 23.6 × 35.4 in
Original 1976 Ukrainian Soviet Peace Poster – “May There Always Be Sunshine!” – Artist H. Shevtsov – 60 × 90 cm / 23.6 × 35.4 in

Original 1976 Ukrainian Soviet Peace Poster – “May There Always Be Sunshine!” – Artist H. Shevtsov – 60 × 90 cm / 23.6 × 35.4 in

€168,00
€168,00
✓ 100% Original — Certificate of Authenticity included

A profoundly beautiful and deeply nostalgic artifact of 1970s Soviet humanitarian graphic art — an original 1976 peace poster by Ukrainian graphic artist Heorhiy Shevtsov (Шевцов Георгій Іванович), published by Politvydav Ukrainy (Політвидав України), Kyiv, approved for print on 23 January 1976, in a run of just 34,000 copies.

The slogan is written in Ukrainian: “Хай завжди буде сонце!” — the Ukrainian rendering of the legendary 1962 Soviet children’s peace anthem May There Always Be Sunshine (Пусть всегда будет солнце), written by Arkady Ostrovsky and Lev Oshanin, which became the ultimate international anthem of Soviet peace campaigns, youth festivals, and anti-nuclear movements throughout the Cold War. Finding an official state-published version printed entirely in the Ukrainian language — rather than Russian — makes this a highly prized piece for regional historical collectors and a rare document of Ukrainian cultural identity within the Soviet system.

The composition is a masterclass in late-Thaw poetic minimalism. A mother and her joyful child — riding high on her shoulders, both looking upward into the light — are rendered in a gorgeous monochromatic teal stipple-shading technique, moving completely away from industrial machinery or strict political portraiture toward emotional resonance and soft gradient warmth. In the top-left corner, a dynamic multi-coloured rainbow appears as if drawn directly onto the poster with textured wax crayons, adding a childlike innocence that mirrors the poster’s message of protecting future generations. The dominant deep teal and cream palette, warmed by the yellow, orange, and red rainbow striping, gives the piece an exceptional mid-century cool that works as naturally in a nursery as in a design studio. At 60 × 90 cm, its commanding vertical scale makes it a spectacular standalone statement piece. The reverse carries a light handwritten archival inventory note in pink pencil (“Зуя”) from a historical Soviet distribution storage room — a small, intimate trace of the poster’s journey through time.

Authenticity

100% Guaranteed Original Vintage Poster — not a modern reprint or reproduction.

Artist: Heorhiy Shevtsov (Шевцов Георгій Іванович)
Editor: V. Vasianovych (Редактор Васьянович В.)
Slogan: Хай завжди буде сонце! (May There Always Be Sunshine!)
Year: 1976 (approved for print 23 January 1976)
Publisher: Politvydav Ukrainy (Політвидав України), Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR
Print run: 34,000 copies
Origin: Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR
Size: 60 × 90 cm (23.6 × 35.4″) — standard large Soviet format
Medium: Original offset lithograph on paper

Condition

Overall: Excellent (Vintage Grade A-)

Wear: Light, sparse natural vintage foxing spots in the upper left paper area — age freckles consistent with 50-year-old paper, not interfering with the central figures. Margins crisp with no major pinholes or edge tears.

Details: Teal and rainbow inks are exceptionally deep, vibrant, and entirely uniform. Reverse clean and completely unbacked, with uniform light age-toning and a light handwritten archival pencil note (“Зуя”) from a historical Soviet distribution storage room.

This is an authentic vintage item. Please review the high-resolution photographs for a full and accurate representation. What you see is what you receive.

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Handling: Dispatched within 1–3 business days from our studio
Packaging: Rolled in acid-free tissue paper and shipped in a heavy-duty reinforced mailing tube — no folding, no creasing, no edge damage
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