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Sheet №3. From the series "Victims of Terror"

ID:
1167
Inventory number:
Гр-480 КН-36062
Type:
Graphics
Material:
paper
Techniques:
etching
Dimensions:
48.5x28 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:
Against a background of diagonally arranged stripes and lines — in the upper part, in the form of grave stelae, are depicted numerous frames with portraits of soldiers, bound with mourning ribbons. Among the frames two women are standing with bowed heads. At the bottom of the sheet — a trench, barbed wire. Text: In the city of Mariupol (Zhdanov) in 120 pits (50 m x 5 m) up to 36,000 Soviet prisoners of war were buried. Two camps were located in the Illichivskyi district... Under the image on the right — the author's surname, date, signature; on the left — inscription: Series Victims of Terror etching No. 3 28 x 49 cm. The sheet is in a white frame, under glass.