$320
1925 THIS LOT IS BEING SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE ink and watercolor on paper laid on paperboard 39. 5 x 35.5 cm (15 1/2 x 14 in.) : Kukryniksy is a combination of the names of three caricaturists, Mikhail preyanov, Porfiri ylov and olai Sokolov, who had met at VKhutemas in the early 1920s, and began drawing caricatures under the joint signature as of 1924. The Kukyniksy became famous nationally and internationally in the 1930s, for their caricatures such as the present lot, relating to fascism and caricaturing figures such as Hitler, Mussolini, Himmler, Goebbels and Franco, which were published in satirical journals such as and widely printed newspapers such as (1889 1916), the original was an organization of socialist and labour parties formed in Paris on July 14, 1889. At the Paris meeting delegations from 20 countries participated. It continued the work of the dissolved though excluding the still-powerful anarcho-syndicalist movement and unions, and existed until 1916.
Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions
Date:
2016-05-21
