• Vintage 1973 Viktorov Cosmonautics Day poster: Gagarin in a white helmet, a teal Earth and a tall maroon rocket
  • Vintage 1973 Viktorov Cosmonautics Day poster: Gagarin in a white helmet, a teal Earth and a tall maroon rocket
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Soviet Cosmonautics Day 1973

Soviet Cosmonautics Day 1973

Valentin Petrovich Viktorov1973

Cosmonautics Day commemorates Yuri Gagarin's orbital flight aboard Vostok 1 on 12 April 1961. This poster was issued for the holiday and is dated 1973. Valentin Petrovich Viktorov (1909 to 1981) designed it. He worked as a poster artist from the 1930s until his death in 1981, mainly for the publishing houses Iskusstvo, Izogiz and Izobrazitel'noe Iskusstvo.

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London holds a copy of this design.

On the poster

Gagarin looks directly out from inside a sealed white helmet marked CCCP, his face in warm tones. Behind him a large teal Earth fills the centre, with an orbital arc tracing the path of Vostok 1 across it. To the right a dark maroon and graphite rocket rises the full height of the sheet, carrying an orange hammer-and-sickle emblem near the apex and the numerals "12 IV 1961" in tall cream-gold type.

In the upper left, two lines of bold mint-green Cyrillic: "ДЕНЬ КОСМОНАВТИКИ" / "СССР" (Cosmonautics Day, USSR).

About this print

A digitally restored reproduction, printed on 200gsm Enhanced Matte Fine Art paper with pigment inks.

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Each poster is printed to order using professional giclée printing techniques and archival pigment inks on 200gsm enhanced matte fine art paper.

The natural white, smooth matte finish reduces glare while bringing out rich colours and crisp detail. The inks are designed for excellent lightfastness, helping the artwork retain its colour for years to come.

Available paper sizes

SizeCentimetresInches
A421 × 29.7 cm8.3 × 11.7 in
A329.7 × 42 cm11.7 × 16.5 in
A242 × 59.4 cm16.5 × 23.4 in
A159.4 × 84.1 cm23.4 × 33.1 in
A084.1 × 118.9 cm33.1 × 46.8 in
50 × 7050 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6 in
70 × 10070 × 100 cm27.6 × 39.4 in

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