Sergej Aleksandrovic Luciskin, Russian 1902-1989- Preliminary sketch for the painting Povolzhye Famine, 1926; pencil, later inscribed in Cyrillic and dated 1926 in pen, 18 x 26.5cm (unframed) Literature: Memories of Luciskin p.115 (an illustration of the original painting which is now destroyed.) A copy of this book accompanies this lot. Note: Luciskin originally drew this from a photograph and it presents the famine in Soviet Russian from 1921 to 1922. With thanks to James Butterwick for his assistance cataloguing this work. Please refer to department for condition report