Josef Vyleťal’s lovely abstract poster artwork for ’60s Soviet family drama.

• title: There Was An Old Couple (unofficial) | Můj život s tebou | Soviet Union, 1965
• director: Grigori Chukhrai
• with: Ivan Marin, Vera Kuznetsova, Georgiy Martynyuk

poster design: Josef Vyleťal, 1965

Poster is in A3 format (41.4 x 29 cm). Folded in the middle. Occasional slight crease and several micro cracks on edges. Soft stain/aged and bit more crease across left edge. Folds in some corners. Very nice condition (NOT PHOTOGRAPHED, PLEASE ASK IF YOU WISH TO SEE A PHOTO).

Movie posters in our collection were used on display in the cinemas across the former Czechoslovakia. They bear signs of their age.

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Josef Vyleťal (1940 – 1989) – Czech painter, graphic artist and film or theatre set designer. He studied architecture at the Technical University in Bratislava and at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. In between 1964 – 1979 he created 115 movie posters. His major influences were surrealism and paintings by North Renaissance old masters. He was married to fine artist and award winning poster designer Olga Poláčková-Vyleťalová.

Award Winning Posters by Josef Vyleťal:

• 1979 – 2nd prize The Hollywood Reporter Magazine, Silver Hugo at the International Film Festival in Chicago (Beauty and the Beast)

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Discover other excellent

1960s movie posters designed in Czechoslovakia.

Or explore fascinating collection of

surreal posters available in our poster archive.

 

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