Guests Hurry to the Stands

ID:: 1109
Inventory number:: Гр-422 КН-14569
Type:: Graphics
Material:: paper
Techniques:: ink, nib
Dimensions:: 32.5x22 cm
Author:: Orest Vereiskyi; Orest Heorhiiovych Vereiskyi was a Soviet graphic artist, illustrator. Born on July 7 (20), 1915 in the village of Anosovo, Smolensk province, he was an academician of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1983) and a People's Artist of the USSR (1983). From 1936-1938, Vereiskyi was a part-time student at the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture of the All-Russian Academy of Arts, studying under O. Osmiorkin. Known for his book graphics, he illustrated the works of M. Sholokhov, K. Paustovskyi, O. Fadieiev, M. Pryshvin, I. Bunin, and E. Hemingway. Easel graphics occupied a prominent place in Vereyskyi's work. He produced a series of drawings, watercolors, an autolithographs of various subjects. Vereiskyi lived and worked in Moscow. He died on January 2, 1993.
Date of creation:: 1961
Preservation:: The paper yellowed
Location:: unknown
Provenance:: The gift of artists "pravdysts". Act No. 1483 dated 06/19/1973.
Date of record to the inventory book:: 12.11.1981

Item description from the inventory book:

Depicts two groups of people. On the left — representatives of Southeast Asia; on the right — black people whose figures are outlined in contour. Beneath the image, on the right, - the author's signature.

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