The Russian composer signs and inscribes an original glossy black-and-white photograph portrait of himself holding a cigarette. A striking image with a nice, if small, signature, written across his raised right hand.

Tcherepnin was a prolific Russian composer whose varietal output included symphonies, operas, ballets, songs, string quartets, chamber works, and a host of solo piano music. His father, Nikolai, had studied with Rimsky-Korsakov, and his son, Serge, was one of the earliest proponents of electronic music.