Oct 14, 2014 - Sale 2360

Sale 2360 - Lot 9

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
NICOLAY ZHUKOV (1908-1973) & AVENIR CHERNOMORDIK (DATES UNKNOWN) SHEPETOVKA - BAKU IN 55 HOURS. 1937.
34x23 1/4 inches, 86 1/2x59 cm.
Condition B+: repaired tears, restored losses and restoration at edges, some affecting image and text; repaired pin holes in corners.
"Zhukov was one of the chief artists working at the All-Union Chamber of Commerce in the 1930s when he produced a prominent series of posters entitled 'See USSR'. His many other works for Intourist depicted the people of the Soviet Union, its capitals and provinces" (Intourist p. 109). Intourist pl. 31.