Stenberg Brothers' Poster
Georgy Stenberg (1900-1933)
Vladimir Stenberg (1899-1992)
Poster for the release of the Mary
Pickford
film Little Lord Fauntleroy
[Russian title: The Pretender] ca. 1927
Lithograph and offset lithography
Prints & Photographs
Division
Purchase, GENPAC, 1999 (157.5)
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The Stenberg Brothers, Georgy and Vladimir, are considered to
be masters of the 1920s and 1930s Russian film poster. They embraced
constructivism, which became the avant-garde of Soviet art in
the turbulent era after 1917. The Stenbergs simulated the "magic
realism" of photography and only on rare occasions did they use
actual photographs in their work. Shown here is Mary Pickford
(1893-1979), American matinee idol, in the Russian release of
Little Lord Fauntleroy, here called "The Pretender."
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