Lot 215: Gennady Zhivotov (Russian, b.1946) Mother of a fallen one 100 x 100 cm. (39 1/4 x 39 1/4 in.)

Mother of a fallen one
signed in Russian (lower right) and titled in Russian on reverse
oil on board
100 x 100 cm. (39 1/4 x 39 1/4 in.)

In the offered lot, Zhivotov, while indirectly referring to the rigid and conformist genre of Socialist Realism in the idealistic picture of the young hero hanging on the wall, confronts the viewer with the tragic fallout of the Soviet-Afghan war as a mother is seen mourning the loss of her son in the conflict.