Sheet №1. From the series "Victims of Terror"

ID:: 1165
Inventory number:: Гр-478 КН-36060
Type:: Graphics
Material:: paper
Techniques:: etching
Dimensions:: 48x29.5 cm
Author:: Oleksandr Holoshchuk; Oleksandr Viktorovych Holoshchuk is a Ukrainian theater artist and graphic artist. Born on January 18, 1946 in the village of Nyzhnya Krynka, Donetsk region, he is a member of the National Union of Ukrainian Artists (1992). Holoshchuk graduated from the Odesa Theater and Art School (1971; teachers: V. Kara-Giaur, and T. Kozlova). He was the production designer of the cartoons "Malachite Box", "The Mistress of the Copper Mountain", and "Stone Flower" (1974-1977). In 1980-1983, he was a prop designer for the Donetsk Youth Theater and production designer of the play "Pinocchio" by O. Tolstoy (1982). Holoshchuk participated in art exhibitions starting in 1978. He created posters, playbills for art exhibitions, performances of the A. Solovyanenko Donetsk Opera and Ballet Theater. In easel graphics, he leans towards philosophical and poetic generalizations of national and world history. Among his works are “Don Quixote”, “Eclipse” (both 1986), “Wooden Doll”, “Petrashovites. The Price of Truth” (both 1987), “Man and Nature” (1990); the graphic cycles “War and Music” (1988-2003), and “Word” (2003-2004).
Date of creation:: 1983
Preservation:: complete preservation
Location:: unknown
Provenance:: Purchased from the artist through the Donetsk Art and Production Combine; Act No. 3130 dated 02/19/1985.
Date of record to the inventory book:: 25.02.1985

Item description from the inventory book:

In the center of the image there is an old woman. Her head, tied with a headscarf, is drawn into her shoulders and tilted upward. Her coat is open. In her hand - a white handkerchief (rag). Around her photographs of soldiers are scattered. Behind the woman on a dark background there are document forms; on the top one the text reads: "During the occupation, a total of 174,416 people in the region were killed, tortured, shot. Stalin Region was occupied by the Nazi-fascist invaders in October 1941. Liberated in September 1943. The fascists drove 252,239 Soviet citizens into slavery. Material damage totaling 23,564,032,261 rubles." Below the image on the right — the author's surname, year, signature; on the left — inscription: series "Victims of Terror" etching No. 1 30x49. Sheet in a frame, under glass.

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