Siblings on polonyna (mountain pasture) above the village, from the series "Portrait of a Village: The People of Kryvorivnya, Ukraine"

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© Lida Suchy. Image courtesy Light Work, Syracuse, NY.
Siblings on polonyna (mountain pasture) above the village, from the series "Portrait of a Village: The People of Kryvorivnya, Ukraine"
© Lida Suchy. Image courtesy Light Work, Syracuse, NY.
Artist/Maker (American, born 1960)
Date1995 (printed and published 2017)
MediumArchival inkjet print
DimensionsImage: 10 15/16 × 13 11/16 in. (27.8 × 34.8 cm) Sheet: 12 × 14 5/8 in. (30.5 × 37.1 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Wynant J. Williams '35 Art Collection Fund
Object number2017.15.4
Not on view
DescriptionLida Suchy is a first-generation American born into a refugee family. She draws on this background as inspiration for her creative work. This photograph comes from her ongoing series, Portrait of a Village: The People of Kryvorivnya, Ukraine, which she has documented with her 8 x 10 camera since 1992. This print was made as part of Light Work's Fine Print Program (SOURCE: Light Work, Syracuse, NY).

Additional Details

Exhibition History 2024-2025
Clinton, NY. The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College. "Menagerie: Animals in Art from the Wellin Museum," September 7, 2024 –June 8, 2025 (no cat.).
Provenance 2017: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from Light Work, Syracuse, NY.
Signature Signed "Lida Suchy" on verso at lower right in pencil.
Inscribed "18/50" on verso at lower right in pencil.
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