special collection

Tom and Jeri Ferris Russian Collection

The Tom and Jeri Ferris Russian Collection includes hundreds of posters, ceramics, and other artifacts from the Soviet Union dating from the mid-1970’s to the early 1990’s. It was assembled in the early 1990’s by the late Tom Ferris, a Russian studies teacher in Beverly Hills, and Iurii Komov, a Moscow-based writer.

A collection of 234 original paintings chronicle some of the key changes that the Soviet Union experienced under Mikhail Gorbachev and his policies of glasnost and perestroika. The themes span the full spectrum of the country’s social and political concerns including the failed coup of August 1991, Stalin’s terrors, environmental concerns, and the AIDS epidemic. The artworks speak vividly of a nation going through unprecedented economic and political turmoil preceding the collapse of the USSR in 1991. Their acerbic satire is the very embodiment of glasnost’s insistence on transparency and freedom of speech. However, they project optimism for a future that does not repeat the mistakes of the past. In addition to these artworks, the collection includes the original notes, memoirs, and some video interviews with several of the key artists.

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Our Road to Communism

Our Road to Communism
Painting
Maker: Aleksei Rezaev
ID: 2009.053.001
Date Made: 1991

Do Not Disturb the Ecology of Morality

Do Not Disturb the Ecology of Morality
Painting
Maker: Nikolai Ivanovich Litvinenko
ID: 2009.053.002
Date Made: 1989

Open Highway
Painting
Maker: Aleksandr Petrovich Utkin
ID: 2009.053.003
Date Made: 1990

The Last Horse
Painting
Maker: Nikolai Ivanovich Litvinenko
ID: 2009.053.005
Date Made: 1990

There Will Be no Motherland

There Will Be no Motherland
Painting
Maker: Vishnevski, Andrei Romanovich
ID: 2009.053.006
Date Made: 1983, 1989

"Beautiful Varvara, Long Braid”
Painting
Maker: Aleksei Rezaev
ID: 2009.053.007
Date Made: 1990

Unison View
Painting
Maker: Alexandr Lozenko
ID: 2009.053.008
Date Made: 1988

For Motherland, For Stalin

For Motherland, For Stalin
Painting
Maker: Belozerov, Gennadii Nikitich
ID: 2009.053.009
Date Made: 1990

He Who Doesn't Work, Doesn't Eat

He Who Doesn't Work, Doesn't Eat
Painting
Maker: Aleksandr Petrovich Utkin
ID: 2009.053.010
Date Made: 1990

Bright Path
Painting
Maker: Mikhail Nikolaevich Rozhdestvin
ID: 2009.053.011
Date Made: 1990

Collectivization 1929

Collectivization 1929
Painting
Maker: Aleksandr Grigor'evich Vaganov
ID: 2009.053.012
Date Made: 1988-1991

Bathing of the Red Horse

Bathing of the Red Horse
Painting
Maker: Belozerov, Gennadii Nikytich dup2
ID: 2009.053.013
Date Made: 1990

Theatre of the Absurd

Theatre of the Absurd
Painting
Maker: Iurii Borisovich Leonov
ID: 2009.053.014
Date Made: 1991

Perestroika
Painting
Maker: Aleksandr Amelin
ID: 2009.053.015
Date Made: 1988

Untitled
Painting
Maker: Vishnevski, Andrei Romanovich; Panfilov, Iurii
ID: 2009.053.016
Date Made: 1989

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