Framed reproduction of 1980 Soviet Olympic Poster – “The Rocket” – Artist Martin Kristev (Bulgaria) – Moscow Olympics

A museum-quality framed reproduction of an original 1980 Soviet Olympic poster, published by Izdatelstvo Plakat (Plakat Publishing House), Moscow, and designed by Martin Kristev (Мартин Кристев) of the People's Republic of Bulgaria — a 2nd prize winner from the international "Poster for the Olympics-80" competition.

Known among collectors as the "Rocket" poster, the design achieves a striking double-read: the official Moscow 1980 emblem — five parallel lines evoking a running track rising into an architectural silhouette crowned with a five-pointed star — is transformed into a rocket taking flight, with vivid orange and yellow exhaust plumes beneath the Olympic rings. A direct and confident nod to Soviet space race achievement, fusing athletic ambition with technological supremacy in a single image.

Publication Details
Artist: Martin Kristev (Мартин Кристев), People's Republic of Bulgaria
Year: 1980
Publisher: Izdatelstvo Plakat, Moscow
Competition: "Poster for the Olympics-80", Moscow, 1979 — 2nd Prize
Event: XXII Summer Olympic Games, Moscow
Origin: USSR (Soviet Union)
Style: Constructivist graphic design / space-age Soviet aesthetic
Original Size: 40 × 60 cm (15.7 × 23.6 in)
Print Size: 18 × 24 in (45.7 × 61 cm) — the closest available standard print size to the original format. We have done our best to reproduce the composition, colours, and proportions as faithfully as possible.

Make a statement in any room with this framed poster printed on high-quality paper, with a partly glossy, partly matte finish.

• Paper thickness: 10 mil (0.25 mm)
• Paper weight: 260 g/m²
• Partly glossy, partly matte finish
• Fingerprint resistant
• Ayous wood .75″ (1.9 cm) thick frame
• Acrylite front protector
• Hanging hardware included
• Blank product components in the US sourced from Japan and the US
• Blank product components in the EU sourced from Japan and Latvia

How to attach hooks on 18 × 24″ vertical frames: place the mounting hook at the centre-top of the frame when hanging vertically.

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