May 05, 2011 - Sale 2246

Sale 2246 - Lot 53

Price Realized: $ 570
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
VALENTIN PETROVICH VIKTOROV (1909-1981) [WORK HEROICALLY - THE WAY TO VICTORY IN SPACE!] 1964.
22 1/2x36 inches, 57x91 1/2 cm. M. Sergeeva, Moscow.
Condition B+: repaired tear in left margin; creases in bottom corners.
In 1961, the Soviet space program launched Vostok 1, successfully putting the first man into orbit. The space race was used by the Soviets both on propaganda aimed outside the country (images of cosmonauts and rockets appeared on Intourist posters) and within.