Nov 13, 2006 - Sale 2093

Sale 2093 - Lot 24

Price Realized: $ 2,940
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
ANONYMOUS SEE USSR. Circa 1935.
40 1/8x27 5/8 inches. A. Froloff.
Condition B+: repaired tears and creases in margins; restored losses in right margin and image; horizontal fold.
In a very peculiar idea for a poster, a tourist has put down his bags to photograph some wonderous, yet unknown Soviet sight. Rather than depicting exciting and unusual sights, this poster is like a riddle, implying that there is something great to see in the USSR, but not giving any further information.