A dynamic preparatory study by Soviet realist master Geli Korzhev, this work combines graphite, pencil, and watercolour to explore the bold visual power of red fabric being pressed by an iron. The composition captures the tension and physicality of the subject with confident, gestural mark-making, while the watercolour washes evoke the vivid revolutionary symbolism embedded in the crimson cloth. As a study for the larger work *New Slogan*, it offers an intimate glimpse into Korzhev's rigorous artistic process and his ability to charge everyday objects with ideological weight.