Death Loop Stenberg Brothers

Original vintage Soviet cinema poster for the 1929 USSR release of the German silent drama film Мёртвая петля (Death Loop / Looping the Loop, original title Die Todesschleife, 1928), featuring a striking Constructivist avant-garde design by the renowned Soviet graphic designers and artists, the Stenberg Brothers (Vladimir, 1899-1982; Georgii, 1900-1933). The poster features a sombre clown in a purple coat and bowler hat standing against a dark background, with a dynamic intersecting crimson ribbon looping around a pilot and a lady. Published and printed by Sovkino. Good condition, folds, creasing, tears, paper losses on edges, minor staining.