A vintage Soviet-era propaganda poster for International Women's Day (8 March) mounted on a white wall. The poster features a mother holding a child on the left, bold red Cyrillic text, and a blue stylized female profile with additional text on the right.

Original 1970s Soviet International Women’s Day Poster – “8 Марта” – Global Peace & Motherhood Graphic – 67 × 40 cm / 26.4 × 15.7 in

€168,00
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A vintage Soviet-era propaganda poster for International Women's Day (8 March) mounted on a white wall. The poster features a mother holding a child on the left, bold red Cyrillic text, and a blue stylized female profile with additional text on the right.
  • A vintage Soviet-era propaganda poster for International Women's Day (8 March) mounted on a white wall. The poster features a mother holding a child on the left, bold red Cyrillic text, and a blue stylized female profile with additional text on the right.
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  • A vintage-style poster with Russian text in red and blue, featuring a stylized blue profile of a woman's face with flowing hair and a large circular text element reading 'FRIEDEN' with additional words inside. The bottom right shows '8 МАРТА' in red.
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  • A large, blank, off-white rectangular sheet of paper or cardstock placed flat on a gray wood-plank floor.
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  • A plain off-white sheet of paper or thin board photographed from above on a light wood surface.
  • A plain white sheet of paper or a blank card lying on a light wood floor.
  • A large, slightly textured off-white sheet of paper or cardstock laid flat on a light gray wooden surface.
  • A vintage Soviet-era propaganda poster for International Women's Day (8 March) mounted on a white wall. The poster features a mother holding a child on the left, bold red Cyrillic text, and a blue stylized female profile with additional text on the right.
  • A painted portrait of two children, with a child in a yellow shirt sitting on another child's shoulders, rendered in warm brown, red, and yellow tones on a light background.
  • A vintage-style poster with Russian text in red and blue, featuring a stylized blue profile of a woman's face with flowing hair and a large circular text element reading 'FRIEDEN' with additional words inside. The bottom right shows '8 МАРТА' in red.
  • A close-up of a printed graphic with a white face profile layered over large blue text blocks, including the words Frieden, Solidaridad, Libertad, Ravnopравие, MP, Progreso Social, and PaŪадание. The print appears on a light off-white background.
  • A close-up of a graphic print featuring a stylized profile of a woman's face in blue and white, with partial red and blue text on an off-white background.
  • A painted illustration of a woman carrying a child on her shoulders, with the child wearing a yellow top and the woman wearing a red top. The artwork is shown on a light background with partial blue text visible at the right edge.
  • A close-up of a vintage watercolor illustration of a smiling child on aged beige paper, showing the child's face, hair, and yellow shirt.
  • A close-up of a watercolor painting on textured beige paper, depicting a muscular torso with hands and a yellow abstract form against a light background.
  • A close-up of a vintage-style poster or print with abstract wavy blue shapes on a beige background and large red text reading "MAPTA" at the bottom.
  • A close-up of a vintage Soviet-style poster or print mounted on a white wall. The beige paper shows bold red Cyrillic text at the top and a blue abstract wave-like graphic at the bottom.
  • A large, blank, off-white rectangular sheet of paper or cardstock placed flat on a gray wood-plank floor.
  • A blank, textured off-white square card or paper sheet placed on a light gray wooden surface.
  • A plain off-white sheet of paper or thin board photographed from above on a light wood surface.
  • A plain white sheet of paper or a blank card lying on a light wood floor.
  • A large, slightly textured off-white sheet of paper or cardstock laid flat on a light gray wooden surface.
Original 1970s Soviet International Women’s Day Poster – “8 Марта” – Global Peace & Motherhood Graphic – 67 × 40 cm / 26.4 × 15.7 in

Original 1970s Soviet International Women’s Day Poster – “8 Марта” – Global Peace & Motherhood Graphic – 67 × 40 cm / 26.4 × 15.7 in

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

A beautifully expressive and layered artifact of late-Soviet cultural graphics — an original vintage poster published in the mid-to-late 1970s to celebrate International Women’s Day (МЕЖДУНАРОДНЫЙ ЖЕНСКИЙ ДЕНЬ / 8 МАРТА), produced by the Soviet state publishing system and distributed to schools, factories, and community centres across the USSR as a functional holiday decoration. Artist unknown; unsigned — a common practice for large-format horizontal prints ordered en masse by state organs such as Izobrazitelnoye Iskusstvo or Plakat, where graphic designers were treated as anonymous contributors rather than named artists.

The composition is a study in contrasts. The left side presents an affectionate, painterly portrait of a mother — a camomile flower in her hair — carrying her young child on her shoulders, rendered in warm, sunlit earthy tones: the softer, more humanistic illustrative style that replaced industrial agitprop in the later Soviet era. The right side shifts register entirely: a deep-blue avant-garde silhouette of a woman’s profile, her flowing hair forming a global framework filled with multilingual cries for solidarity — МИР (Peace) and ДРУЖБА (Friendship) in Russian, FRIEDEN in German, LIBERTAD and PROGRESO SOCIAL in Spanish. The inclusion of European languages alongside bold red Cyrillic makes this an exceptionally rare cross-cultural graphic statement — the USSR addressing the world’s women in their own tongues. The juxtaposition of warm family portraiture with minimalist vector silhouette creates a graphic depth rarely seen in earlier Soviet poster design. Its horizontal format — 67 × 40 cm — makes it a perfect panoramic fit over a sofa, credenza, or creative workspace wall.

Authenticity

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

Artist: Unknown (unsigned)
Slogan: Международный женский день / 8 Марта (International Women’s Day / March 8th)
Estimated decade: Mid-to-late 1970s
Publisher: Soviet state publishing system (attributed Plakat / Izobrazitelnoye Iskusstvo era), USSR
Origin: USSR
Size: 67 × 40 cm (26.4 × 15.7″) — horizontal medium format
Medium: Original offset lithograph on paper

Condition

Overall: Very Good (Vintage Grade B+)

Wear: Light handling wrinkles and minimal soft corner creasing from original storage — will completely smooth out under a frame. Image fields free from severe surface scuffs or scratching.

Details: Primary red and deep blue inks remain wonderfully saturated, bold, and crisp against the cream-toned paper. Reverse clean, blank, and completely unbacked, with light uniform age-toning along the margins and a few faint handling marks. Free from tape residue, heavy foxing, or pinholes.

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
Tracking: Fully tracked from our studio to your door
Standard delivery: Registered post (BH Pošta), arriving in 1–4 weeks
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