Alexander Laktionov, Russian, 1910 to 1972, pencil painting on thick paper, Mother and Son Transporting Firewood, 1944. Signed with initials and dated lower right. Inscribed dialogue between mother and son,We Wont Have Enough for a Month, Nothing There Yet The Gate Remained, in Cyrillic upper to the center. Aleksander Laktionov was a well known Russian Soviet Social Realist painter, graphic artist, and professor best known for his scene and portrait artworks. One of a kind artwork.