LAZLO PERI (1889-1967) BUNDNIS MOSKAU BERLIN BRINGT REITUNG. 1924. 371/4x273/4 inches. Fides, Berlin. Condition B: paper loss, restored loses and repaired tears in margins; creases and overpainting in image; vertical and horizontal folds. Japan. In 1918, at the end of World War I, the Kaiser was overthrown and a new republic was proclaimed in Germany. Amongst the political voices clamoring to be heard under this new government were the Communists who were fighting to turn Germany into a socialist republic modeled on Russia. Overwhelmingly defeated the Communists remained an important political force in Germany throughout the 1920s, maintaining close ties to Moscow. This poster emphasizes that connection proclaiming that the ties between Moscow and Berlin bring salvation. In a very expressionistic style, Peri (an Hungarian designer) shows two factories with huge chimneys with the text in the middle. Factories and smoking chimneys have long been a symbol used to represent industry and workers, making this image a visual analogy to the Communist slogan "workers of the world, unite!" Rademacher p. 216 no. 378.
