A watercolor painting, a maquette for the propaganda poster by the Russian artist Alexander Deineka. The artwork depicts a young strong man against the background of the red flag of the USSR. At the bottom of the picture is the text in Russian: Sports in the USSR. In the background there are a large number of people playing different sports. Signed with the artists initials. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deyneka 1899 to 1969, was a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist and sculptor of Ukrainian origin, regarded as one of the most important Russian modernist figurative painters of the first half of the 20th century. Soviet Union Memorabilia, Modernist Art, USSR Collectibles.