May 12, 2008 - Sale 2145

Sale 2145 - Lot 125

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
YAKOV RUKLEVSKI (1884-1965) [SPEED.] Circa 1928.
28 5/8x42 5/8 inches.
Condition B+: restoration and overpainting in margins; vertical and horizontal folds; repaired tear in image.
"Ruklevsky was a self-taught artist who worked as a designer in the 1920s for Goskino (State Cinema). He was head of the department which produced film posters and supervised the various poster artists, including the Stenberg Brothers and Prusakov. He often colaborated with the Stenbergs" (Pack p. 306).