Youth

ID:: 1002
Inventory number:: Гр-316 КН12482
Type:: Graphics
Material:: paper
Techniques:: linocut
Dimensions:: 74.5x47.5 cm
Passport:: 56x79.5 cm
Author:: Yanina Birute Zhylite; Birutė Janina Grasilda Žilytė-Steponavičienė was a Lithuanian illustrator and graphic artist. Born on June 2, 1930, she was a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR and a Laureate of the State Prize of the Lithuanian SSR. She was awarded the Honorary Diploma of the International Council for Children's Books (1976) and the "Golden Apple" BIB-69. She created illustrations for the books "There Stands a Fairy-Tale House" (K. Kublinskas), "The Tale of the Brave Maiden of Vilnius and the Robber Green Beard" (A. Lebit), and "Egle - the Queen of Grass Snakes" (S. Neris).
Date of creation:: 1960
Preservation:: Yellowing of the paper, the sheet is slightly crumpled
Location:: unknown
Provenance:: Recorded in the inventory on 01/29/1968. Source of income is not specified.
Date of record to the inventory book:: 03.11.1981

Item description from the inventory book:

Against the background of numerous round dances, a girl and a young man are shown in close-up. They spin, holding hands. Above them there is a large sun symbol.