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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