Pencil on paper, signed (upper right), 76cm x 56cm (88cm x 68cm framed).

A graduate of the Kiev Art Academy in 1957. Drawings of the nude, called academic studies, were central to academic art training in Europe from the 16th century onwards. With the decline of academic art in the Western art tradition, the practice declined in importance. However, in Russia the practice still continues today.

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