$18,750
a lacquered papier-mache desk set comprising: a) a rectangular with beveled edges [Preparedness for the State`s Defense], with two ink stand indents and a pen groove, featuring the great defending forces of the Soviet Union - sophisticated aeromechanics cruising the sky above the Party leaders gathered at the Kremlin Senate in the center, with the Red Army soldiers in the foreground, proudly marching behind a line of self-propelled artillery, all flanked by two of the army`s civilian mainstays: agricultural sector on the left and industrial workers in gasmasks on the right, with four impressive battleships representing the strength of the Red Fleet, placed along the bottom edge; length: 38 cm (15 in.), width: 24.5 cm (9 5/8 in.); signed in Cyrillic along the bottom edge, inscribed with title along the top edge b) an ornate with two divided compartments [The Great October], on a raised base with beveled edges, featuring a demonstration held by Lenin in front of the Grand Kremlin Palace on a rear panel, a group of the common workers raising their red banners against capitalism on a middle panel, the row of marching peasants and the young with red standards on a front panel; length: 22 cm (8 5/8 in.), height: 18cm (7 1/8 in.); each panel signed in Cyrillic on the bottom dated (front panel) and (middle and rear panels), inscribed with title along the top edge of the rear panel c) a cylindrical on a raised base [Building-up of Heavy Industry], featuring a landscape with a multitud Read more…
Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions
Date:
2017-03-18
