Attributed to Irina Valerianovna Steinberg, Russian, Soviet era, 1905 to 1985, watercolor painting on paper, design for a theatre costume depicting an Oriental couple. Unsigned. Framed. Inscribed in Cyrillic, Irina Steinberg, on the backside.Irina Steinberg is known for Figure painting, costume and stage design and decoration, erotic drawings. Irina Shtenberg was a fascinating figure in the history of Russian and Georgian art, the Tbilisi avant-garde, and the art of the theater. She spent her youth in Gerogia, where she graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Art in the 1926, studying under Evgeny Lansere and Gigo Gabashvili. Moving to Moscow in 1929, Shtenberg became a member of the artistic elite, working and exhibiting with Akimov, Tishler, and members of the 13 artist group. With the support of Anatoly Lunacharsky, Soviet Peopels Commissar of Education, she had first solo exhibtion in Moscow. After returning to Tbilisi, she continued to work as a theatrical artist creating stage designs and decorations, working for the best theatres in Tbilisi. One of a kind artwork.