The congress at the malorussian fair (sketch) / Zizd na malorosiiskyi yarmarok (eskiz)

The horizon line is high. From the foreground, two dirt roads run diagonally from left to right. On the roads, a pair of peasants are walking. On the peasant woman on the right is a white blouse and a red-brown skirt; on the peasant a dark brown scroll. On the peasant woman depicted on the left is a white scroll with a dark gray skirt, a scarf on her head. On the peasant a dark gray scroll, worn over a dark gray shirt. On his head is a yellow hat. In the background, a horse harnessed to a cart with two figures of people. Movement towards the viewer. Beyond the horizon line is a row of low buildings with gable roofs, with bright figures of people in front of them. The sky is grayish-blue. On the bottom right, the author's signature in red-brown paint: “A.Kivshenko ‘79” (“А.Кившенко 79 г.”). Traces of yellowed varnish in the center of the composition. The artwork is matted. At the top right, in the image of the sky, there are two dark brown dots.