Alexei Mikhailovich REMIZOV (1877-1957) The lion sign of the zodiac Mixed media on paper. On the foot: the first lines quote the characteristics of children born under the sign of the lion according to Bruce's Calendar (Брюсов календарь) probably in the 1875 reprint. With a dedication "Льву Борисовичу Савинкову въ именины ("To Lev Borissovich Savinkov, for his birthday") 17/30 IX 1936 Paris" and monogrammed on the right. 26.5 x 20.4 cm Lev Borissovich Savinkov (1912-1987), poet, prose writer, journalist, Communist activist, Republican fighter in Spain. [RUSSIAN ART]