Eight prints and a sketch made by Solomon Yudovin.
1. A smoking boy, woodcut, 1923. Signed in the plate, signed and dated in pencil. Approx. 14X9 cm.
2-4. Workers, three woodcuts, 1933, 1935, 1942. Signed and dated in pencil. 14X10 cm on average. Two of the prints are mounted on paper.
5. Вооружение (Armament), woodcut for a book by Russian poet Boris Licharev (Борис Лихарев), 1933. Signed and dated in pencil. 20X15 cm leaf.
6. A couple in the rain, woodcut, 1933. Signed in the plate, signed and dated in pencil. Approx. 13X9 cm.
7. Children in the snow, engraving, 1939. Signed and dated in pencil. 12.5X12 cm.
8. Children in the snow. Sketch (different from the above engraving). Ink on paper. Signed. 13X12 cm.
9. A riverboat carrying an anti-aircraft gun; presumably from the "Leningrad during World War II" series, 1943. Mixed media. Signed and dated in pencil. Approx. 23.5X18 cm.
Enclosed: Three woodcuts depicting views of Vitebsk, by Yefim Minin, 1926. Signed and dated in pencil. 11.5X8 cm to 13.5X7.5 cm.
Yefim Minin (Ефим Минин, 1897-1937) was a colleague and student of Yudovin and studied with him at Yehuda Pen's art school in Vitebsk. He was accused of underground activity and executed in 1937.
Good overall condition. Some of the prints are mounted on paper. Rounded upper corners to print no. 9. Stains. Creases. Small tears to edges of leaves, not affecting the prints. A tear (not affecting the print) to one of Minin's woodcuts. Several of the prints are captioned in pencil.