Apr 24, 2014 - Sale 2346

Sale 2346 - Lot 34

Price Realized: $ 2,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
VLADIMIR VASIL'EVICH LEBEDEV (1891-1967) [RETREAT WITH CRIME.] TASS WINDOW NO. 696. 1943.
76 1/2x31 1/2 inches, 194 1/4x80 cm.
Condition B+: tears, creases, abrasions and losses in margins and image; sharp vertical and horizontal folds; text banners affixed to top and bottom. Four-sheets attached. Paper.
Lebedev was a painter and illustrator who was also very involved with the predecessor to the Tass Windows, the Rosta Windows. He also illustrated numerous children's books. For this poster, the text was written by Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak.