The World Prepares for Mars - Original Russian Poster

A bold DONA collective screen-printed poster presenting space exploration as a peaceful, humanist project rather than a military achievement. The cosmonaut appears almost playful, holding a flower while floating against a vivid red-and-yellow composition.

The title reads “Peace to Space!”, while the slogan below declares: “After the Moon, the world prepares for Mars — space for peace, not for war!”

Hand screen-printed on heavy paper stock, the poster combines DONA’s characteristic graphic simplicity, vibrant color and direct visual language with an unusually optimistic vision of the space age.

Agitplakat Dona was a poster collective established in Rostov-on-Don in the early 1960s, bringing together artists and writers whose designs were subsequently distributed throughout the Soviet Union.

• Poster title - The World Prepares for Mars
• Designer - Unknown artist
• Dimensions- 28"x22"
• Condition -
  Near mint. Unfolded.