Thursday, March 4, 2010

Белых



Клином Красным Бей Белых... With the Red Wedge Beat the Whites. El Lissitzky, from the time of the Russian Civil War. Or, my father's voice--the abhorrence--as he'd pronounce the name of Petlura and his Black Hundreds. And yet, and yet, a small painting by David Burliyuk, set at about that time--man and woman sitting together at a table, a soldier and his wife, their dreamy expressions in the face of all...

Seen here again in this White Army officer and his beloved...

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