Portrait of the writer S. Yahunova

ID:: 899
Inventory number:: Гр-213 КН-10466
Type:: Graphics
Material:: paper
Techniques:: charcoal
Dimensions:: 56.5x71.5 cm
Author:: Olena Syzikova; Olena Lvivna Syzikova was a graphic artist, painter. Born on October 10, 1945 in Moscow. Graduated from the Crimean Art School, Kyiv Art Institute (1972). The main type of creativity is graphics, drawing, and painting. Starting in 1970, she worked on a series of lithographs "Crimean Land", "Mountain Peaks", "Native Land". Among her paintings: "Sunday Walk" (1970), "Still Life with Sunflowers and Corn" (1976), "Crimean Grapes" (1978). Participated in republic, all-Union, foreign exhibitions. Member of the USSR Art Gallery (from 1973). Honored Artist of Ukraine (from 1989). Her works are kept in museums and private collections of Ukraine and Russia. Lived and worked in Moscow and died in 2021(2).
Date of creation:: 1979
Preservation:: complete preservation
Location:: unknown
Provenance:: Transferred by the Directorate of Art Exhibitions of the Ministry of Culture of the Ukrainian SSR. Act No. 2561 dated 07/03/1981.
Date of record to the inventory book:: 25.09.1981

Item description from the inventory book:

In the foreground — a bust-length frontal depiction of a woman. In the background — a bookshelf with a model sailing ship on top.