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

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.)