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Auction History Result 4d0228 GROMOV MILICH stage play 27x41 Russian stage poster 1920s great art of Jewish slapstick comedians, rare! Date Sold 5/3/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Folded Russian Special Poster (measures 27 1/4" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Gromov Milich (literal translation of the Russian title), the 1923 Ukrainian stage show poster promoting a satirical song and humor comedy act featuring Vladimir Samoilovich Milich and Arkady Mikhailovich Gromov. The Jewish team was formed around 1917 in Odessa and they gained considerable fame in the 1920s and continued the act into the 1940s. Apparently, Milich was the "funny man" and Gromov was the "straight man", similar to classic American comedy teams such as Abbott and Costello. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this poster! It is one of a remarkable collection of 35 Russian posters we are currently offering (a very few are from non-Russian countries that were once somewhat part of Russia). These are among the most rare Russian posters there are, from the early 1920s through 1946. Not only have we only auctioned one of the 19 before (the other 18 we have NEVER auctioned), but in all our years of auctioning, we have only auctioned a couple of dozen Russian posters from the 1920s, and a slightly larger amount from the 1930s, and a slightly larger amount from between 1940 and 1946! Nineteen of these posters are from movies, and there are also circus posters, war posters, and others. The one common denominator to all these posters is that they have really interesting images, always completely different from those of non-Russian posters for the same movies or subjects. Just like posters from Europe, posters from Russia from World War II and before are extremely rare, surely because of the lack of paper during World War II, which caused them to recycle almost all old paper, but Russian posters are even more rare, because so few posters made it out of Russia after World War II, due to the Cold War. This is a wonderful opportunity to obtain these incredibly rare and striking Russian posters, and many of them might not be offered again for sale or at auction for many years! Also note that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good to very good. The poster has creases around the edges and there are some creases and tears at lower right (partially repaired with tape from the back). There are creases along the folds (the poster was hand-folded somewhat oddly at one time) and there are some creases, small tears and pinholes at center (also partially repaired with tape from the back). The very rare Russian poster is otherwise in generally nice condition and while it could be displayed as is, after linenbacking the poster would look great! Learn More about condition grades 
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