An organic electroluminescent device which comprises a substrate, a first electrode layer overlying said substrate, a first deposition-preventing layer partly overlying said first electrode layer and forming at least of portion of the boundaries of an active area of said electroluminescent device, and an organic luminescent layer and a second electrode layer formed in that order overlying said first electrode layer within said active area,
- wherein said first deposition-preventing layer has a resistivity falling between 1×1012 and 1×104 Ω·cm.