May 19, 2022 - Sale 2605

Sale 2605 - Lot 46

Price Realized: $ 27,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000

VALENTINA KULAGINA (1902-1987)

[FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE USSR]. 1930.


35 1/2x26 inches, 90 1/4x66 cm. State Publishing House, Moscow.
Condition A- / A: slight toning and minor creases in margins; minor creases in image. Paper.

Here, completely abandoning any photographic elements in her work, three monolithic, geometrically stylized red soldiers are marching boldly to ensure the defense of the Soviet state. Klutsis / Kulagina 134.