Description

This is a superb example of a poster by a Poland-born artist Roman Cieślewicz, representing the SSSR and USA in forms of Supermen, as a mirror image of each-other, self-confidently rushing to save the world. The image was made amidst the Cold War and was published in a smaller scale on the cover of the esteemed French art magazine, Opus International, in 1968.

Roman Cieślewicz (1930-1996) was a Polish artist, who graduated from the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts. In 1962, Cieślewicz moved to Paris, France, and became naturalized in 1971.He was known as a poster designer and an art director of Elle and Vogue magazines. He was regularly participating on several other major organisations and events, exhibited in solo exhibitions in major art museums and galleries and received several international awards for his work.