Igor Alexandrovich Ershov, Russian Soviet, 1907 to 1974, a sketch pencil painting on paper, the Birth of A Son, 1940. Signed and dated lower right. Titled on verso. Igor Ershov was a Russian Soviet painter and graphic artist who lived in Saratov and Moscow and whose works glorified the Republic of Tajikistan. In the war years Ershov worked as a military correspondent. In the war years Ershov worked as a military correspondent. After the war he continued to design industrial advertisements, postal stamps, calendars, and posters, as well as illustrate children's books and magazines. One of a kind artwork.