1. Torrential Rain
  2. The Knave of Diamonds
  3. Carnivals of St.Petersburg
  4. Sliced Apple
  5. Partners
  6. Sailboats by a Lighthouse
  7. Trois Péniches sur la Seine
  8. Supernavigator
  9. Butcher (Ventre de Paris)
  10. Down the river

Down the river

Valentina Kropivnitskaya
1976
Pencil on Paper
16.25x11.75

Kropivnitskaya, Valentina (Ru., b.1924) Surrealist depiction of two humanoid animal figures traveling down a river on a log. c.1976. Date and signature in Cyrillic. Pencil drawing on paper. Signed l.r, "BKp-76" (V.Kr-76). Framed and under glass. Frame: 18" x 22". From the collection of Admiral Ronald Kurth. Admiral Kurth purchased this drawing while stationed in Moscow, Russia in the late 1970’s. It was purchased for personal use from a private citizen who knew the artist and her husband.