Yuri Gusev (Russian, 1928-2012), "Young Standing Male Nude", signed and dated '55 l.r.', pencil on paper, 61 x 45cm.
 
Gusev was a Russian Postwar artist who, born in Moscow 1928, he studied at Moscow Intermediate Art School, and would later teach there from 1947- 1953. Member of the Union of Artists. His works can be found in private collections of United Kingdom, Russia, France,USA and Germany.

Condition report: 
The paper is a little cockled and is a pale golden colour. A few light horizontal creases. Smudges and surface dirt in the margins, along with a couple of light pencil doodles and a sketch of an ear top left. A small hole in lower left corner and upper left corner. A couple of small brown stains in upper right corner, and one to the left of the signature. A couple of spots of foxing. Not seen outside of glazed frame.