Oksana. Sketches (2)

Taras Shevchenko. Oksana. After the motive of the "Blind woman" poem. Sketches.
[1841, end – 1842, the first half. St. Petersburg].
Paper, pencil. 14,5 × 23,5 cm.
Taras Shevchenko National Museum, № g – 645.

On the page – processed with composition and tone sketch depicting a woman who sits in a chamber on the floor. Near – a light sketch of the same scene. According to the contents close to sketch figures made an album in 1840 – 1844 and therefore can be properly conceived, named and dated.

First time pictures mentioned with descriptive name "Two seated female figure outline" [Catalog of V. Tarnowski's Museum of Ukrainian antiquity / arranged by B.D. Grinchenko. – Chernigov, 1900. – T. 2. – p. 192. – № 419].

For the first time commented on the assumption "that the two pictures depicted the same Oksana during her boredom in master's palace" and reproduced by A.P. Novitsky in 1932 [T. Shevchenko Complete Works. – [Kharkiv, 1932. – T. 8]. – p. 41. – № 300. – Tab. 143]

Similar to picture from album published with the title "Woman on the floor" [T. Shevchenko Complete Works: in 10 volumes. – K., 1961. – Vol. 7, bk. 2. – p. 137. – № 296].

Storage areas: from April 1861 – property of M.M.Lazarevsky, later purchased by St. Petersburg's Ukrainian community, not earlier than July 1861 – A.O. Kozachkovsky, not later than 1875 came to V.P. Kakhovski; from 1891 Kakhovski family, not later than 1893 transferred to S.D. Brazol; since 1898 – a collection of V. Tarnowskі; from 1899 – V. Tarnowski's Chernihiv museum of ukrainian antiquities, 1925 – Chernihiv Historical Museum, from 1932 – Gallery of pictures by T.H. Shevchenko (Kharkiv), from 1948 – State Museum of T.H. Shevchenko (Kyiv).

I.M. Verykivska

After publication: Taras Shevchenko Complete Works in 10 volumes. – K.: ed. of Acad. Sci. of UkrSSR, 1961, t. 7, bk. 2, № 296 (image); T.H. Shevchenko Complete Works in 12 volumes. – K.: Naukova Dumka, 2003, v. 7, p. 442 (notes).