Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District
His covers for the journals "The Red Cornfield" and "Red Panorama" attracted attention because of their vividness and the sharpness of their subject matter. Kustodiev also worked in lithography, illustrating works by Nekrasov. His illustrations for Leskov's stories "The Darner" and "Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District" were landmarks in the history of Russian book designing, so well did they correspond to the literary images.