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RUSSIAN FILM POSTERSFROM THE MERRILL C. BERMAN COLLECTION

Published by the Merrill C. Berman Collection

Design and production by Joelle Jensen

Photography by Jim Frank and Joelle Jensen

Printed and bound by www.blurb.com

Images © 2017 Merrill C. Berman CollectionImages courtesy of the Merrill C. Berman Collection

© 2017 Merrill C. Berman Collection, New York

All works reproduced are posters unless otherwise noted.

Cover image:Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii StenbergChelovek s kino apparatom (Man with a Movie Camera), 1926Lithograph on paper43 1/2 x 28 inchesMerrill C. Berman Collection (see p. 37)

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Natan Al’tmanEvreiskoe schast’e (Jewish Luck), 1925Left: Lithograph on paper, 40 3/4 x 28 7/8 inchesRight: Lithograph and letterpress on paper - book, 11 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches

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Anatoly BelskyPiat’ minut (Five Minutes), 1929Lithograph on paper42 1/8 x 28 1/2 inches

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Anatoly BelskySaba, 1929Lithograph on paper42 1/4 x 28 3/8 inches

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Anatoly BelskyTrubka kommunara (The Communard’s Pipe), 1929Lithograph on paper42 7/8 x 29 7/8 inches

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Grigorii Borisov and Nikolai PrusakovKhaz-Push, c. 1927Lithograph on paper27 5/8 x 41 3/4 inches

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Grigorii Borisov and Nikolai PrusakovDon Diego i Pelageia (Don Diego and Pelegia), 1928Lithograph on paper42 1/8 x 27 inches

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Grigorii Borisov and Pyotr ZhukovZhivoi trup (The Living Corpse), 1929 Lithograph on paper42 1/8 x 28 1/8 inches

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Designer unknownEntuziazm: Simfoniia Donbassa (Enthusiasm: Symphony of the Donbass), 1930Lithograph on paper24 7/8 x 34 1/4 inches

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Mikhail DlugachOssi Oswalda in Printsessa ustrits (The Oyster Princess), 1920sLithograph on paper42 1/8 x 28 1/8 inches

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Mikhail DlugachTsement (Cement), 1927Lithograph on paper42 x 27 7/8 inches

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Iosif Gerasimovich Znoinyi prints (The Sultry Prince), 1928Lithograph on paper42 5/8 x 28 1/4 inches

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Anton LavinskyBronenosets Potemkin (Battleship Potemkin), 1925Lithograph on paper27 5/8 x 41 7/8 inches

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Anton LavinskyStachka (Strike), 1925Lithograph on paper42 x 27 7/8 inches

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Alexander NaumovDon Diego i Pelageia (Don Diego and Pelagia), 1928Lithograph on paper28 7/8 x 42 7/8 inches

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Nikolai PrusakovKamernyi teatr. Vtoraia vystavka kinoplakata (The Second Exhibition of Film Posters at the Chamber Theater in Moscow), 1926Lithograph on paper42 5/8 x 28 3/16 inches

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Nikolai PrusakovZakon gor (The Law of the Mountains), 1927Lithograph on paper41 x 26 7/8 inches

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Nikolai PrusakovBol’shoe gore malen’koi zhenshchiny (The Big Sorrow of a Small Woman), c. 1929Lithograph on paper41 3/4 x 24 3/8 inches

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Nikolai PrusakovChiny i liudi (The Ranks and the People), 1929Lithograph on paper37 x 24 1/2 inches Note: The ilm is also known as An Hour with Chekhov.

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Nikolai PrusakovIkh tsarstvo (Their Empire), 1929Lithograph on paper41 3/8 x 27 3/4 inches

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Nikolai PrusakovPiat’ minut (Five Minutes), 1929Lithograph on paper55 x 42 inches

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Nikolai PrusakovSchastlivoe kol’tso (Happy Ring), 1929Lithograph on paper42 1/2 x 24 3/8 inches

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Aleksandr RodchenkoKino glaz (Cinema Eye), 1924Lithograph on paper36 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches

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Aleksandr RodchenkoBronenosets Potemkin (Battleship Potemkin), 1925Lithograph on paper, 28 1/4 x 42 1/2 inches Lithograph on paper - pamphlet, 9 x 5 7/8 inches

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Aleksandr RodchenkoBronenosets Potemkin (Battleship Potemkin), 1925Lithograph on paper27 1/2 x 38 1/2 inches

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Attributed to Aleksandr RodchenkoLuch smerti (Death Ray), 1925Lithograph on paper35 7/8 x 25 1/4 inches

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Aleksandr RodchenkoShestaia chast’ mira (One Sixth of the World), 1926Lithograph on paper42 x 27 3/8 inches

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Yakov RukhlevskySila i krasota (Strength and Beauty), 1927Lithograph on paper26 3/4 x 37 inches

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Yakov RukhlevskyHarold Lloyd in Moriak (A Sailor Made Man), 1929Lithograph on paper27 x 36 1/2 inches

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Semyon Semyonov (Semenov-Menes)Turksib (Turkestan-Siberia Railroad), 1929Lithograph on paper42 3/4 x 28 1/4 inches

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii StenbergKumir publiki (A Small Town Idol), 1925Lithograph on paper42 3/4 x 28 1/4 inches

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii StenbergChelovek s kino apparatom (Man with a Movie Camera), 1926Lithograph on paper43 1/2 x 28 inches

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii StenbergProtsess o triokh millionakh (The Three Millions Trial), 1926Lithograph on paper38 7/8 x 27 1/2 inches

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii StenbergSegodnia i ezhednevno vo vtorom Gostsirke negro-operetta (Today and Everyday in the State Circus Negro Operetta), c. 1926Lithograph on paper42 X 28 inches (approximately)Note: This is a rare theater poster advertising the Moscow State Circus’ traveling review, performed by an all-black cast.

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii StenbergVintik iz drugoi mashiny (The Screw from Another Machine), 1926Lithograph on paper42 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii Stenberg3 mushketera (The Three Musketeers), 1927Lithograph on paper39 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii Stenberg with Yakov RuklevskyDelo ulichnogo torgovtsa (The Street Merchant’s Deed), 1927Lithograph on paper39 7/8 x 28 3/8 inchesNote: The ilm was originally titled Ten Nights in a Bar-Room.

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii StenbergKafe Fankoni (Cafe Fanconi), 1927Lithograph on paper42 1/2 x 28 5/8 inches

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii StenbergBuster Keaton in Oderzhimyi (Possessed), 1927Lithograph on paper42 3/4 x 28 1/4 inchesNote: The ilm is also known as Sherlock Junior.

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii StenbergVelikosvetskoe pari (High Society Wager), 1927Lithograph on paper35 5/8 x 23 1/8 inches

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii StenbergKarandash (The Pencil), 1928Lithograph on paper42 1/4 x 27 1/2 inches

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii StenbergMonty Banks in Nastoiashchii dzhentel’men (A Perfect Gentleman), 1928Lithograph on paper42 5/16 x 28 3/8 inches

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii StenbergOdinnadtsatyi (The Eleventh), 1928Lithograph on paper37 7/8 x 26 3/4 inches

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii StenbergOdinnadtsatyi (The Eleventh), 1928Lithograph on paper42 1/4 x 28 inches

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii StenbergProdannyi appetit (The Sold Appetite), 1928Lithograph on paper42 1/4 x 28 1/2 inches

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii StenbergSimfoniia bol’shogo goroda (Symphony of a Big City), 1928Lithograph on paper42 1/2 x 27 3/4 inches

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii StenbergBronenosets Potemkin (Battleship Potemkin), 1929Lithograph on paper26 3/8 x 35 3/8 inches

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii StenbergChikago (Chicago), 1929Lithograph on paper35 5/8 x 23 1/8 inches

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii StenbergBuster Keaton in General (The General), 1929Lithograph on paper41 7/8 x 27 1/2 inches

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii StenbergNevesta boksera (The Boxer’s Bride), 1929Lithograph on paper36 3/4 x 27 7/8 inches

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii StenbergOblomok Imperii (Fragment of an Empire), 1929Lithograph on paper37 1/8 x 24 1/2 inches

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii StenbergPoslednii polet (The Last Flight), 1929Lithograph on paper in 2 pieces54 3/8 x 42 inches combined

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii StenbergTovarishch dirizhabl’ (Comrade Airship), 1931Lithograph on paper28 x 20 inches

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Vladimir Stenberg and Georgii StenbergVystavka “Plakat na sluzhbe piatiletki” (Exhibition: “Poster in the service of ive-year plan”), 1932Lithograph on paper41 3/4 x 29 5/8 inchesNote: Although not a ilm poster, this is a rare and an important example of the Stenberg brothers typographical skills.

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Konstantin VialovShestaia chast’ mira (One Sixth of the World), c. 1926Left: Gouache on card - maquette for poster and cover, 18 3/4 x 13 1/4 inchesRight: Magazine cover for Sovetskii ekran, No. 1, c. 1926Lithograph on paper - magazine cover, 12 1/4 x 9 inches

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Konstantin VialovShestaia chast’ mira (One Sixth of the World), c. 1926Lithograph on paper42 1/2 x 28 1/4 inches

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