Elena Lyudvigovna Korovai, Russian, Soviet, 1901 to 1974, gouache painting on paper depicting an Avant Garde female figure, 1969. Signed lower right. Dated lower left. Elena Lyudvigovna Korovai was a Russian painter, graphic artist, teacher. Possessing an exceptional pictorial feeling, Elena Korovai worked boldly, discarding unnecessary things, achieving exceptional color vigor. The geography of her life: St. Petersburg, Barnaul, Samarkand, Moscow, the Caucasus, Crimea, Samara. Some of her works have been lost in Samarkand for a long time. One of a kind artwork.