DORMIDONTOV, NIKOLAI (1898-1962) Dnieprostroi. Work in the Pit of the Middle Canal signed and dated 1931. Ink on paper, 65 by 49 cm. Provenance: Acquired by the present owner in the 1970s. Private collection, Scotland. Authenticity of the work has been confirmed by the expert V. Petrov Exhibited: Exhibition of Soviet Art, Philadelphia, 1934 (labels on the reverse). Related literature: For a similar work from the same series, see A. Nurok, Mastera sovetskoi stankovoi grafiki, Moscow, 1962, No. 8. In 1930-31 Dormidontov worked on a series depicting the construction of the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station. Part of this series is in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.