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Auction History Result 4d0211 IN THE WILDS OF AFRICA Russian 28x43 1920s cool art of ape & human baby, Maciste, ultra rare! Date Sold 5/3/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Russian Movie Poster (measures 28" x 42 1/2" [71 x 108 cm]) (Learn More) In the Wilds of Africa (literal translation of the Russian title and possibly also known as "In Desert and Wilderness" and "Death Challenge"), the 1920s Russian poster promoting one of the Italian silent films starring Bartolomeo Pagano as the character Maciste. Pagano was an Italian actor who portrayed Maciste from 1914 to 1928 in dozens of films, and actually changed his name to Maciste. Unfortunately, we do not know which Maciste film this poster is promoting. It has striking art of an orangutan holding a human baby, with barechested Maciste in the inset image. The image of an ape with a human baby certainly is reminiscent of Tarzan's origin, and we wonder if this was not an Italian reworking of that story! If anyone knows more about this poster, please e-mail us and we will post it here. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this Russian 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 some tiny separation in the upper two crossfolds and those are backed by tape. It has minor separation in the ends of some folds (once repaired with tape from the back in a few areas) and some creases and faint scuffs along the upper horizontal folds. It is otherwise in pretty nice condition and after a simple linenbacking the ultra rare Russian poster will look great! Learn More about condition grades 
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