- Year
- 1990
- Technique
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 45×48 cm
- Status
- In the Artist's Estate
This painting emerges from deeply personal memories shaped by famine personally endured by the artist in childhood. The distorted, fragile face does not depict a specific person but becomes an image of human existence pushed to its limits, where fear replaces stability and survival becomes uncertain. Rather than narrating historical events, Maltsev transforms lived experience into psychological form. Broken lines and tense color create a sense of inner disintegration, suggesting memory that never fully disappears.
