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“Soshestvie Sv Duha Na Apostolov” [“Descent of the Holy Spirit Upon the Apostles.”]

Auction 75 · Lot 83

“Soshestvie Sv Duha Na Apostolov” [“Descent of the Holy Spirit Upon the Apostles.”]

Estimate
$1,200–$1,800
Hammer price
$1,300

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(SOVIET UNION)

Place

Moscow, circa 1925

Description

Text in Russian.

summary

Grotesque representatives of each religion are seen fighting over gold coins belonging to an impoverished man of faith, bled dry by the financial demands of his religious superiors. A winged, floating sack of money wearing a top hat, symbolizing Capitalism, presides over the event.
28 x 41.5 inches (71.1 x 105.4 cm). Linen-backed.
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