Memory / Pam’iat

A multi-figure composition with a low horizon line. People are standing on the parapet in front of the eternal flame. In the center, against the background of a column, a young man with a bouquet of tulips is bowing; two men - veterans with orders - are standing between them, a young blonde woman in a light pink dress. In front of them is a little girl in a white dress and red tights. Behind the woman on the right is the head of a third man. To the left, against the background of a light sky, is a group of three people standing in a ¾ turn to the right: an elderly woman in a black headscarf, a black long skirt and a maroon blouse; a young man in dark gray clothes and a teenage girl in a light brown sundress and a greenish-gray blouse. The girl is holding a bouquet of tulips. Two tulips are at her feet. In the right part of the composition, near the edge, is an elderly man in a dark brown suit, leaning on a stick. A ¾ turn to the left, part of the figure is cropped. Between them and the middle group, on a smaller scale, there is a crowd of people behind the parapet. The figure of a girl in a light red dress stands out. On the back: Top left on the canvas: "Memory" h/m 162 x 125 by I. Shatsky. Bottom right: "The Great Patriotic War". In the lower left corner of the stretcher GPKG Zh-13 KP-16.
Warping of the canvas in the corners. In the image of a male figure near the right edge - numerous deposits of paint layer. On the skirt of an elderly woman - a scratch of 5 cm; a small abrasion of 4x3 cm; on the jacket - pointed precipitation of the paint layer.