On the street / Na vulytsi

A multi-figure composition. In the foreground on the right are 3 elderly women sitting on the stairs. Their heads are tied with large scarves. They are wearing white, red and blue clothes. In front of the woman on the right is a red bucket and a rag. A few steps up on the left are 3 more sitting women. The figure of one of them is cut off by the edge of the canvas. On the right is the image of a woman from the back, cut off by the upper edge of the canvas. Above - 2 women from the back (one in the centre, the other on the left), whose images are cut off by the upper edge. The shapes of the figures and the folds of their clothes are emphasised by dark blue and black outlines.
Top left in black paint: "Dagestan. Augustovich. 1951 г. "On the Street. 1981 110 x 123". On the stretcher on top in black paint: № 8559 DV SSR. Craquelure on the top. In the lower part in the centre of the crumbling paint layer.