Alexander Grigorievich Tyshler or Tishler, Ukrainian, Russian, Soviet era, 1898 to 1980, ink painting on paper, a sketch depicting a portrait of a woman with a figural composition on a top of a head, 1959. Signed in Cyrillic and dated lower right. Alexander Grigoryevich Tyshler was a Russian modernist painter, in particular, notable as a stage designer. In Moscow, Tyshler got close to futurist circles. He worked in painting and graphics, in particular, as a book illustrator. In this period, he was mostly interested in abstract compositions showing details of some mechanical equipment. On the other hand, the graphics was mainly figurative and, in particular, showed some themes related to the Civil War, as well as landscapes of Crimea. One of a kind artwork.