Culver City,
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How Do You Sleep, Butchers?
Date Made: 1989
Country: Soviet Union
Method: Tempera paint on fiberboard
Measurements: 61 cm x 91 cm; 24 in x 35 13/16 in
This painting is a reference to the butchers that orchestrated the Great Purges of 1937. Rozhdestvin is questioning how those who knowingly killed others could sleep at night. The butcher in this painting is sitting in a room that resembles the prison cells that individuals were housed in during the Great Purge of 1937.
Accession Number: 2009.053.167
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