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Installation of Stained-glass Windows in the Continental Hotel. From the series "All-Union Komsomol Subbotnik"

ID:
1032
Inventory number:
Гр-346 КН-12523
Type:
Graphics
Material:
paper
Techniques:
autolithography
Dimensions:
62x47 cm
Author:
Oleksandr Maksymov

Oleksandr Denysovych Maksymov was a Soviet graphic artist, illustrator, and poster artist. Born in 1930 in the Moscow region, in 1950 he graduated from the Art School in Memory of 1905, then in 1958 from the V. Surikov Moscow State Art Institute. Maksymov was one of the founders of "TASS Okna" and the magazine "Crocodile". He was engaged in easel graphics and painting. A member of the Union of Artists of the USSR, he participated in art exhibitions starting in 1958. From the 1960s, he worked in the Experimental Lithographic Workshop on Verkhna Maslovka. He created of political and social posters, book illustrations, and postcards. His works are kept in museums and private collections in Russia. Maksymov lived and worked in Moscow and died in 1992.

Date of creation:
1969
Preservation:
The paper yellowed
Location:
unknown
Provenance:
Author's gift. Act No. 1007 dated 07/07/1970.
Date of record to the inventory book:
05.11.1981
Item description from the inventory book:
The entire sheet is filled with an image of a huge glass display window, behind which people are working and scaffolding stands.