This is a hand painted poster Rodchenko made for a solo exhibition in 1917.
It shows his early use of typography and design, it looks pasted together and and messy. Although the messy quality it has is the one that draws you to the poster, it's got a spontaneous feel to it, which is emphasized by the handmade quality of the lettering.
This is very different to any of his other design work, as it doesn't have the strong constructivist quality of precision and geometry. Instead this reminds me of Ed Fella's designs, with the handmade lettering and slightly off line angle of the words.
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