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First edition of this striking 1972 portfolio of Soviet Space Art by Andrei Sokolov and A. Leonov, Kosmicheskie Dali [Cosmic Distances], presentation copy inscribed by Sokolov.
First edition of this striking 1972 portfolio of Soviet Space Art by Andrei Sokolov and A. Leonov, Kosmicheskie Dali [Cosmic Distances], presentation copy inscribed by Sokolov.
First edition of this striking 1972 portfolio of Soviet Space Art by Andrei Sokolov and A. Leonov, Kosmicheskie Dali [Cosmic Distances], presentation copy inscribed by Sokolov.
First edition of this striking 1972 portfolio of Soviet Space Art by Andrei Sokolov and A. Leonov, Kosmicheskie Dali [Cosmic Distances], presentation copy inscribed by Sokolov.
First edition of this striking 1972 portfolio of Soviet Space Art by Andrei Sokolov and A. Leonov, Kosmicheskie Dali [Cosmic Distances], presentation copy inscribed by Sokolov.
First edition of this striking 1972 portfolio of Soviet Space Art by Andrei Sokolov and A. Leonov, Kosmicheskie Dali [Cosmic Distances], presentation copy inscribed by Sokolov.
First edition of this striking 1972 portfolio of Soviet Space Art by Andrei Sokolov and A. Leonov, Kosmicheskie Dali [Cosmic Distances], presentation copy inscribed by Sokolov.

inscribed presentation copy


[SPACE ART]. LEONOV, A.A. & SOKOLOV, A. (illustrators); DENISOV, V.P.; ALIMOV, V.I.

Kosmicheskie Dali [Cosmic Distances].

Moscow, Izobrazitel'noe iskusstvo, 1972.

£3,750.00
£3,750.00

Kosmicheskie Dali [Cosmic Distances].

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First edition, presentation copy inscribed by artist Andrei Sokolov to Fuad Borisovich Yakubovskiy, Soviet minister for 'special construction projects'.

A striking portfolio of Soviet space art with thirty four plates depicting imaginary spacewalks, satellite constructions, curious spacecraft, dreamy constellations and unexplored planets and moons. One of the artists, A. Leonov, was the pioneering cosmonaut who made the first spacewalk, exiting the capsule during the Voskhod 2 mission. Art, however, was his first love and he was the first person to sketch earth from space. He often collaborated with his close friend Andrei Sokolov, who unlike Leonov did not have first hand experience of space and instead chose to paint a more fantastical picture.

The album was published to mark the 15th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik and is a glorious example of ambitious propaganda. It was clearly designed to make an impact with the elaborate portfolio case and wonderful illustrations which are often highlighted with silver. The inclusion of real life space missions alongside imagined realities of the future is an assertion of the potential for Soviet cosmonauts.

First edition; folio (38 x 28.5 cm); complete with 34 plates (of which 16 are double page), each with descriptive text on the verso, 36pp. of text by Denisov and Alimov in a separate booklet (also with an introduction by Yuriy Gagarin); housed together in the original blue leatherette portfolio, enamel and metal USSR medallion to upper cover and title in silver, an excellent copy.

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First edition of this striking 1972 portfolio of Soviet Space Art by Andrei Sokolov and A. Leonov, Kosmicheskie Dali [Cosmic Distances], presentation copy inscribed by Sokolov.

Kosmicheskie Dali [Cosmic Distances].

£3,750.00
£3,750.00

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