May 07, 2015 - Sale 2382

Sale 2382 - Lot 60

Price Realized: $ 1,300
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
NIKOLAY ZHUKOV (1908-1973) USSR DANCE FESTIVAL / MOSCOW - LENINGRAD. 1936.
38 3/4x27 1/2 inches, 98 1/2x70 cm. Veneshtorgzdat, Soviet Union.
Condition B+ / B: repaired tear and restoration at top edge, into central image; repaired tears, restored losses and light overpainting at edges.
"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). He also designed several prominent posters for performing arts events such as this dance festival. Intourist pl. 13.