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RUSSIAN SOVIET INK PENCIL PAINTING BY KUKRYNIKSY - Kukryniksy (Russian, Soviet, active 1924-1980s) India ink and pencil painting on paper, Neutral Life, 1939, for newspaper Pravda. Signed and dated lower left. Titled in pencil upper to the center. Inscribed on verso. Kukryniksy is a combination of the names of three caricaturists, Mikhail Kupriyanov, Porfiri Krylov and Nikolai Sokolov, who had met at Vkhutemas. Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.