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Maker: Viktor Konstantinovich Dorokhov; Valentina Egorovna Dorokhova

To Each Family an Individual Apartment!

Date Made: 1990
Country: Soviet Union

Measurements: 95 cm x 65 cm x 3.5 cm; 37 3/8 in x 25 9/16 in x 1 3/8 in; 60 cm x 90 cm; 23 5/8 in x 35 7/16 in

Description

This painting of door buzzers alludes to Soviet public housing projects by suggesting that the Soviet state gives each of its republics, represented by their national flags, its own apartment. The Lithuanian flag is coming off the hinge, a reference to the fact that Lithuania was the first republic to secede from the Soviet Union on March 11, 1990. The other two Baltic states, Latvia and Estonia, followed soon after, declaring themselves independent on May 4th, 1990 and August 20th, 1991 respectively. On the poster, their flags no longer show the Soviet emblem of the hammer and sickle. The title of the work is written on a torn piece of paper, reminiscent of the rental signs that were in use during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Accession Number: 2009.053.054

Item Name: Painting
Credit Line: The Ferris Russian Collection, Donated by Tom and Jeri Ferris
Collection/Series: The Ferris Russian Collection, Donated by Tom and Jeri Ferris
Exhibition History

• Artist Collaborations in the Soviet Union and the GDR
• Crumbling Empire
• Medium is the Message: Flags and Banners

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