World Youth Peace Friendship Festival 1959 Vienna Czech poster flags butterfly

Poster from this Youth Festival, held Vienna, Austria July 26-Aug 4, 1959. 

Original color lithograph, printed March, 1959 Tisk, Svoboda.(Czech Republic?).

Poster is a delightful image of a youth flying in as a butterfly, his wings flags of nations around the world. For Peace and Friendship flowers across the bottom presented in 6 languages.

Paper uniformly age toned, couple small edge chips at top corner and bottom, some short minor closed edge splits (archival tape), early fold lines (which allowed item to be saved). 

Pics show item better than words.

Likely scarce.

Poster sheet measures c. 16 1/4” x 11 3/4”.

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