State Bank Building (Nizhny Novgorod) by Ivan Bilibin (1913, priv.coll), Ivan Bilibin, 1913

Ivan bilibin (1876-1942) an original design for a ceiling mural for the state bank in nizhny-novgorod signed in cyrillic and dated 'i. Bilibin/1913' (lower left) pencil, ink, watercolour and gouache, heightened with gold, on paper 25¾ x 39¼ in. (65. 5 x 99. 5 cm. ). Date: 1913.