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Mother

Mother

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V. M. Chernyshev

This novel describes the awakening of revolutionary feeling in an ill-treated peasant woman. The image on the lid of the box illustrates the last scene in the novel, when the main character, Nilovna, (the mother), recognized by a traitor and facing arrest, is spreading revolutionary leaflets at the railway station. The mounted police are closing in on her. The box is painted in the naive simplistic style reminiscent of Russian lubok style of folk painting.
Artist
V. M. Chernyshev
(Russian)
Title
Mother
Date
1973
Medium
Papier-mâché, paint, and lacquer
Dimensions
7 1/8 x 3 5/16 x 1 3/8 in. Overall
Credit
From the Collection gifted by Frederick C. Seibold, Jr.
Accession No.
2008.44.24
Geography
Russia

Related

  • Chazen Museum of Art. "Russian Lacquer Boxes: A Narrative Tradition." Madison: Chazen Museum of Art, 2006. p. 15, no. 59

  • Russian Lacquer Boxes: A Narrative Tradition: Chazen Museum of Art, 11/18/2006–1/14/2007

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