"*PETROV-VODKIN, KUZMA (1878-1939) Going to the Meeting signed with the artist's monogram and dated 1927 Watercolour and pencil on paper, 33 by 25.5 cm. Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin's superb watercolour Going to the Meeting, presented here for auction, is striking in its animation and thorough execution of the characters. The skilfully painted sunlit winter landscape adds a festive mood to the picture, reflecting the importance of any kind of collective activities in Soviet Russia. The work is likely to be a sketch for a book cover or an illustration for a journal or calendar: in the 1920s the artist collaborated with the journals Krasnaya Niva and Krasnaya Panorama and designed illustrations for calendars. The technical devices are characteristic of Petrov-Vodkin's work, and the thick application of watercolours and deliberately demarcated areas of light and shade in the work make it recognisable and typical of the artist's ""mature period."""""""