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“Portrait of V. Khlebnikov (1930s)
A bust-length portraiture of a grey-beard clo-
sing his face with his arms bent at the elbows. The
portrait makes a woeful impression. It seems that
these hands closed the face of a person tired of life
and hardly chocking back his despair. There are
also some other portraits of V. Khlebnikov by Petr
Miturich.
Graphic Works by May Miturich
As it has already been mentioned, the best
results in the book illustration for children are as-
sociated with the name of May Miturich. “The il-
lustrations by Miturich radiate a soft charm, pla-
stic artistry and humor…” (M. Chegodayeva “Draw-
ing with Light”; May Miturich: Painting &
Graphics; Catalogue for the Exhibition Dedicated
to the 80th Anniversary of Birth; Moscow, 2005).
The artist donated the Astrakhan Picture Gallery
some illustrations for the following children’s
books: D. Harms “Forty-Four Jolly Siskins” (1973),
K. Chukovskiy “The Giant Roach” (1970), K. Chu-
kovskiy “Buzzy-Wuzzy Busy Fly” and others; as well
as such books illustrated by him as “Alice in Won-
derland” by L. Carroll, “Mowgli” by R. Kipling,
“About Deers” by G. Snegiryov, etc.
During 1970s, 1980s and even 1990s, May Mi-
turich traveled a lot: the White Sea, the Central-
Asian deserts, the Caucasian subtropics, the Kuril
Islands, the Commander Islands were the mile-
stones of his creative routes ended up in the fi-
nished easel works, partly donated by him to As-
trakhan, such as: “The Route of the Baikal-Amur
Mainline” (1979), “Baikal Lakeside Sopkas (Volca-
noes)” (1979), “The Katun at the Settlement of
Yin” (1980), “In Bulgaria” (1984), “A Morning in
the Himalayas”, etc. Their description is given in
this Catalogue.
May Miturich-Khlebnikov exhibited his
graphic works in Astrakhan many times.
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