Aug 07, 2019 - Sale 2515

Sale 2515 - Lot 387

Price Realized: $ 2,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
ALEXANDER ZHITOMIRSKY (1907-1993) GEORGIAN MILITARY HIGHWAY. 1939.
39x27 1/4 inches, 99x69 1/4 cm. Intourist, [USSR.]
Condition B+ / B: replaced losses, overpainting and slight darkening at edges; repaired tears at edges, some into image; colors attenuated.
The Georgian Military Highway is a 200 km road leading from Tbilisi to Vladikavkaz in the Autonomous Republic of North Ossetia-Alania within the Russian Federation. First mentioned in antiquity by Pliny, the route is known for its picturesque views and roads that cling to the side of the mountain. Intourist pl. 28.