Lot description
A VALENTINA KROPIVNITSKAYA (1924-2008), DRAWING. Graphite on paper. Signed with monogram VKR (in Сyrillic) and dated '72 (lower right). Note: Valentina Kropivnitskaya was an artist, a member of the Lianozovo group. Starting from 1978, with husband Oscar Ryabin, she lived and worked in Paris. Kropivnitskaya developed the Naive style of art that stems from Russian folklore.