Hammer and easel.

From: The Economist (US) | Date: July 16, 1988 | Copyright information

SOTHEBY'S auction of Soviet art in Moscow on july 7th, the first since 1917, was remarkable not so much for its capitalist trappings (pop stars telephoning in bids from abroad, a computerised screen flashing prices in five currencies), nor for the $3.4m it raised, three times Sotheby's estimate; but because it marked the re-emergence of serious Soviet painters on the world scene. At the time of the Bolshevik coup, the Russian avant-garde was one of the most exciting groups in Europe...

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