Igor Yesrshov, Russian, 1907 to 1974, watercolor and gouache on a paper group portrait painting Men Smoking Hookahs, 1933. Signed and dated lower right. Igor Aleksandrovich Yershov, is a painter, graphic artist, and honored artist of Tajik.SSR, a member of the constructivist Volgo-LEF Society in Saratov. Participated in exhibitions from 1927. Often traveled to Central Asia, where he found subjects for his works. The lot comes from the collection of Viktor Kholodkov, a renowned art dealer and collector who devoted his life to collecting prominent works of Russian artists of the 20th century. Russian Soviet Paintings And Art Collectibles.