The painting depicts a young man reading a missive with a white bird next to him (mail pigeon?) over a background of watercolors, delicate Arabesque in drawing and ink, carrying inside it a calligraphy in Arabic. Original matching frame. Painting size: 9-22 cm. Including frame: 22-37 cm. * The painting is attached with an attribution, indicating it was given as gift to the American bass singer Paul Robson, when he visited the USSR. The singer's family kept the painitng in its original frame. Paul Robson, in an extraordinary move, recorded the Soviet anthem in English and published it as a song. * The auction house does its best to characterize and describe the items in the catalog. If there are any additional questions about condition or anything else regarding the items please ask for details by email or phone. All items are sold AS IS and cannot be returned or be subject to bid cancelation