Drawing for the painting Death of Commissioner 1927

"Drawing for the Painting Death of Commissioner" is a 1927 charcoal drawing by Russian artist Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (1878-1939). The drawing depicts a figure lying down in a foreshortened perspective. It serves as a study for his later painting, "Death of the Commissar," which depicts a Soviet soldier in the aftermath of the Civil War. The drawing reveals the artist's process and compositional choices for the final work, capturing the figure's pose and the dramatic use of light and shadow.