Illustration to Pushkin

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Who would have so illustrated in 1936, "Tale of the Priest and his Worker Balda"?

In 1937, a new book - "Pushkin A. Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda. Leningrad, 1937. 20 pages, circulation 20,300 copies. IL. DN Butorina (1891-1960) - rus. artworks, one of the giants of art Palekh lacquer miniature, icon painter, illustrator, muralist. " But Palekh Your image is clearly not similar.
Also in the mid 1930-ies was conceived cartoon opera on the tale with music by Shostakovich. Artist and director Michael Tsekhanovskaya. But completed this work was not. Images of the opera are stored in the Museum of Cinema, photo not found.
And yet never leaves a vague sense that somewhere has seen your image ...