Transparent and yellow tinted glass
USSR, 1961
Signed (facsimiled) by Sergei Korolev (1907-1966) – Soviet rocket engineer and pioneer of aerospace
In glass etching titled ‘Vostok-1‘ and dated ‘12.4.1961’ in Cyrillic
Dimensions (with the plinth): 15.5 x 8.3 x 7 cm (height x width x depth)
Good condition
Provenance: Collection Andora, Germany
The glass pyramid once decorated the desk of Korolev

The pyramid-shaped corpus of the glass statue arises on a triangular plinth. It imitates in its form a rocket. The pyramid is polished and matted as a rocket with jet stream at the back edge. Below at the plinth, the signature of Sergei Korolev (1907-1966), the Soviet rocket engineer and pioneer of aerospace shines through. The pyramid is entitled ‘Vostok-1‘in the front’s lower area and dated ‘12.4.1961’ in Cyrillic in glass etching. This date marks the first orbital flight of the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. According to the consignor, the glass pyramid once decorated Korolev’s personal desk.

The glass pyramid is in good condition with traces of use, merely the upper tip and the edges of the plinth are slightly nudged. The total dimensions including the plinth are 15.5 x 8.3 x 7 cm (height x width x depth).



Sergei Korolev (1907-1966)

Sergei Korolev was the chief Soviet rocket engineer and developer during the Space Race between the US and the Soviet Union in the fifties and sixties. He was a victim of Stalin’s Great Purge in 1938 and was imprisoned for almost six years. After his dismissal, he became a rocket engineer and key figure in the development of the ICBM-program of Intercontinental ballistic missiles of the USSR.

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