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My Aunt's Nightmare, illustration for The Town on the Babbling Stream
My Aunt's Nightmare, illustration for The Town on the Babbling Stream
My Aunt's Nightmare, illustration for The Town on the Babbling Stream

My Aunt's Nightmare, illustration for The Town on the Babbling Stream

Artist Irina Nakhova (Russian, born 1955)
Date1985
MediumGouache on paper
DimensionsImage: 21.5 × 16.1 cm (8 7/16 × 6 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 24.9 × 19.2 cm (9 13/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineNorton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union
Object number2000.1183
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The Babbling Stream from The Town on the Babbling Stream
The Babbling Stream from The Town on the Babbling Stream
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Horseback Riding, illustration for The Town on the Babbling Stream
Horseback Riding, illustration for The Town on the Babbling Stream
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1986
Going to the Zoo, illustration for The Town on the Babbling Stream
Going to the Zoo, illustration for The Town on the Babbling Stream
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1986
End paper for The Town on the Babbling Stream
End paper for The Town on the Babbling Stream
Irina Nakhova
1985
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“Other nights Sammy lingered by the wide fireplace listening to the moaning sound of his aunt’s spinning wheel, or he joined the many children gathered in the kitchen. Negroes sat there telling fearsome stories of Old Raw Head and Bloody Bones—or the tale of the ‘Golden Arm’.”
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c. 1962
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1903
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undated
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1979
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1979
Image Not Available for Bootblack from the series Odessa - The Town of My Childhood
Bootblack from the series Odessa - The Town of My Childhood
Yefim Ladyzhensky
1974
Scarce Goods Appear in the Shop from the series Odessa - The Town of My Childhood
Scarce Goods Appear in the Shop from the series Odessa - The Town of My Childhood
Yefim Ladyzhensky
1974