Sheet №2. From the series "Victims of Terror"

ID:: 1166
Inventory number:: Гр-479 КН-36061
Type:: Graphics
Material:: paper
Techniques:: etching
Dimensions:: 49x27.5 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:

Across the sheet dark and light bands are intersecting. In the center there is a vertical band — a schematic depiction of a mine shaft filled with corpses. Above this band there is a child falling from above; above him there is a seal with an eagle and a swastika. On the light bands at the top, text: "Children, seized by the hands and feet, were thrown into the air and shot while flying..." At the bottom, text: "Only at Mine No. 4/4 Bis at Kalynivka in the city of Stalino, 75,000 people were executed. The bodies were dumped into the mine shaft." The texts are on the right and left. Below the image on the right — the author's surname, date and signature. On the left an inscription: "Series 'Victims of Fascism' etching No. 2 27 x 49.5 cm". The sheet is in a white frame, under glass.

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