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Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
DESIGNER UNKNOWN ODESSA / URSS. Circa 1935. 29 3/4x19 3/4 inches, 75 1/2x50 cm. Condition B+ / B: minor tears at edges; minor loss in bottom right corner; creases and foxing in margins and image. Paper. An early Soviet Intourist poster, combining a realistic landscape of the Odessa port and rail yards, with very stylized typography. The Odessa Steps, which gained world notoriety after the famous scene in Sergei Eisentstein's movie Battleship Potemkin, were constructed between 1837 and 1841. Linking the famous seaport with the city itself, the steps are one of Odessa's most famous landmarks.
