May 03, 2010 - Sale 2213

Sale 2213 - Lot 33

Price Realized: $ 4,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
GUSTAV KLUTSIS (1895-1944) [WITHOUT HEAVY INDUSTRY WE CANNOT BUILD ANY INDUSTRY.] 1930.
40 1/2x28 1/4 inches, 103x72 cm.
Condition B+: restored losses, repaired tears and abrasions in margins and image.
Klutsis was the preeminent virtuoso of the art of political photomontage in the Soviet Union, designing emblematic and iconic posters to inspire the Communist cause throughout the 1920s and 30s.