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(SOVIET UNION) - “Soshestvie Sv Duha Na Apostolov” [“Descent of the Holy Spirit Upon the Apostles.”]. Text in Russian. 28 x 41.5 inches (71.1 x 105.4 cm). Linen-backed. Moscow, circa 1925 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.